taking over (another's debt, work)
KMT8News #20+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, IntransitiveBusiness & FinanceKanji Vocab17 strokes
肩替わり肩がわり肩代り肩替り
かたがわり
Noun, Participle, Verb, Transitive, Intransitive
1.
taking over (another's debt, work), shouldering someone else's burden, subrogation
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彼は病気の同僚の仕事を肩代わりしてくれた。
He took over the work of his sick colleague for him.
銀行が倒産企業の負債を肩代わりするケースもある。
There are also cases where banks take over the debts of bankrupt companies.
新しいプロジェクトリーダーが、前任者の残した課題を肩代わりすることになった。
The new project leader ended up taking over the issues left by the predecessor.
親会社の経営不振により、子会社の債務を肩代わりせざるを得なくなった。
Due to the parent company's poor performance, they had no choice but to take over the subsidiary's debts.
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