だいり
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Verb (する, transitive)
1. representation; agency; proxy
I've ended up having to act as a stand-in, you see.
Noun
2. proxy; agent; representative; deputy; substitute; surrogate; stand-in
In the meantime, I am supposed to show my face as a stand-in.
Pitch accent
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いり
Composed of
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)
Used in vocabulary (27 in total)
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
war by proxy; proxy war
agency; agent
Examples (9 in total)
I've ended up having to act as a stand-in, you see.
I will assume the position of acting president.
I reluctantly decide to choose a proxy.