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Where does “代わる代わる” come from?

代わる代わる (Japanese) comes from Japanese 代わる — substitute, be substituted for, be substituted...

代わる代わる (Japanese): by turns, alternately

Definitions

  1. by turns, alternately

Ancestry of “代わる代わる”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese代わるsubstitute, be substituted for, be substituted...
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