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交代

交代

Chinese

 
to deliver; to turn over; to make friends; to intersect (lines); to pay (money)
 
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad.
(交代) 		交 代
alt. forms 交待

Verb

交代

  1. to hand over
  2. to explain; to brief; to make clear; to tell about
  3. to ask or order someone to do something
  4. to justify oneself; to account for
  5. to confess
  6. (humorous) to finish; to complete

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
交 代
こう
Grade: 2 		たい
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

交代 ‎(hiragana こうたい, romaji kōtai)

  1. relief
  2. alternation

Alternative forms

Usage notes

  • 交代 is more commonly used than 交替

Derived terms

  • 交代で (kōtai de): alternately, by turns
  • 交代員 (kōtaiin): shift
  • 交代制 (kōtaisei): shift system
  • 交代トラック (kōtai torakku): alternate track
  • 交代パス (kōtai pasu): alternate path
  • 交代勤務 (kōtai kinmu): shift work
  • 交代作業 (kōtai sagyō): working in shifts
  • 交代操業 (kōtai sōgyō): working in shifts
  • 交代投手 (kōtai tōshu): relief pitcher
  • 核相交代 (kakusō kōtai): alternation of nuclear phases
  • 勤務交代 (kinmu kōtai): change of shifts
  • 参覲交代 (sankin-kōtai): official attendance service
  • 参勤交代 (sankin-kōtai): daimyo's alternating Edo residence
  • 新旧交代 (shinkyū kōtai): replacing the old with the new
  • 政権交代 (seiken kōtai): change of government, regime change
  • 世代交代 (sedai kōtai): alternation of generations
  • 超越交代 (chōetsu kōtai): passage of lines
  • 物質交代 (busshitsu kōtai): substance metabolism
  • エネルギー交代 (enerugī kōtai): energy metabolism
  • リーダー交代 (rīdā kōtai): leadership change

Verb

交代する ‎(hiragana こうたいする, romaji kōtai suru)

  1. to relieve, to relieve a person
  2. to take turns, to alternate

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