How to say "surrogate" in Japanese
Choosing the right word
- no-adjectiveA loanword that directly echoes English 'surrogate'; less common than 代理, it appears chiefly in technical and specialist fields such as computing and medicine, and is seldom the word for everyday senses.
- 代理だいりnounThe common general word for someone who acts, represents, or stands in for another — a proxy, agent, deputy, or representative; choose it for most senses of 'surrogate' in business, legal, or everyday contexts.
For the general sense of someone or something acting in another's place, use the common word 代理; 「サロゲート」 is a less common loanword found mainly in technical fields.
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