代返

Japanese

Kanji in this term
代 返
だい
Grade: 3
へん
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 代(だい) (dai, “proxy”) + 返(へん) (hen, “return”). It may come from shortened term from 代(か)わりに返(へん)事(じ)をする (kawari ni henji o suru, literally “answer instead of [who isn't attend]”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [da̠ihẽ̞ɴ]

Noun

代(だい)返(へん) • (daihen) 

  1. (university slang) During the attendance check, deceiving a lecturer into thinking another person is in attendance by answering for them.

Verb

代(だい)返(へん)する • (daihen suru) suru (stem 代(だい)返(へん)し (daihen shi), past 代(だい)返(へん)した (daihen shita))

  1. (university slang) During the attendance check, to deceive a lecturer into thinking another person is in attendance by answering for them.

Conjugation

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