表層形
肩替り
カタガワリ
名詞
肩替り (カタガワリ)
Katagawari · かたがわり — taking over another's debt, shouldering someone else's burden, subrogation
Other ways to say “taking over another's debt” in Japanese →
肩替り in rōmaji: katagawari.
名詞
普通名詞
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📝 肩代わり 🔤 * 📐 *
Updated: 2026年8月13日
📖 Grammar Information
| 表層形 (Surface) |
肩替り
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| 見出し語 (Lemma) |
肩代わり
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| 読み (Reading) |
カタガワリ
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| 品詞 (POS) |
名詞・普通名詞・サ変可能・*
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| 活用型 (Conj. Type) |
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| 活用形 (Conj. Form) |
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| 表記 (Orthography) |
肩替り
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| 読み・基本形 |
カタガワリ
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| 表記・基本形 |
肩替り
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| 見出し語の読み |
カタガワリ
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💡 English Meaning
肩替り means “taking over another's debt, shouldering someone else's burden, subrogation” — full definition & examples →
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カタガワリ
Lemma: 肩代わり
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The surface form (肩替り) is the exact text as it appeared in the corpus — it may be conjugated or inflected. The lemma (肩代わり) is the dictionary base form. For example, 食べた (surface) has the lemma 食べる.
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