代返
Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 代 | 返 |
| だい Grade: 3 |
へん Grade: 3 |
| on'yomi | |
Etymology
Compound of 代 (dai, “proxy”) + 返 (hen, “return”). It may come from shortened term from 代わりに返事をする (kawari ni henji o suru, literally “answer instead of [who isn't attend]”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [da̠ihẽ̞ɴ]
Noun
代返 • (daihen)
- (university slang) During the attendance check, deceiving a lecturer into thinking another person is in attendance by answering for them.
Verb
代返する • (daihen suru) suru (stem 代返し (daihen shi), past 代返した (daihen shita))
- (university slang) During the attendance check, to deceive a lecturer into thinking another person is in attendance by answering for them.
Conjugation
| Katsuyōkei ("stem forms") | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Mizenkei ("imperfective") | 代返し | だいへんし | daihen shi |
| Ren’yōkei ("continuative") | 代返し | だいへんし | daihen shi |
| Shūshikei ("terminal") | 代返する | だいへんする | daihen suru |
| Rentaikei ("attributive") | 代返する | だいへんする | daihen suru |
| Kateikei ("hypothetical") | 代返すれ | だいへんすれ | daihen sure |
| Meireikei ("imperative") | 代返せよ¹ 代返しろ² |
だいへんせよ¹ だいへんしろ² |
daihen seyo¹ daihen shiro² |
| Key constructions | |||
| Passive | 代返される | だいへんされる | daihen sareru |
| Causative | 代返させる 代返さす |
だいへんさせる だいへんさす |
daihen saseru daihen sasu |
| Potential | 代返できる | だいへんできる | daihen dekiru |
| Volitional | 代返しよう | だいへんしよう | daihen shiyō |
| Negative | 代返しない | だいへんしない | daihen shinai |
| Negative continuative | 代返せず | だいへんせず | daihen sezu |
| Formal | 代返します | だいへんします | daihen shimasu |
| Perfective | 代返した | だいへんした | daihen shita |
| Conjunctive | 代返して | だいへんして | daihen shite |
| Hypothetical conditional | 代返すれば | だいへんすれば | daihen sureba |
¹ Written imperative
² Spoken imperative