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代 kanji
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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Words with 代
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —師範代assistant instructor; substitute instructor
- —古生代Paleozoic era
- —古代紫reddish-purple
- —現代化modernization; modernisation
- —現代語modern language; contemporary language; living language; modern Japanese; Japanese as spoken since the Meiji period or alternatively, since the end of World War II
- —治療代medical fees
- —線香代money brought to a funeral; incense money; fee for a geisha's time
- —神代杉lignitized Japanese cedar; lignitised Japanese cedar
- —近代劇modern drama; modern theater
- —太古代Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
- —時代色characteristics of an age
- —時代物antique; historical object; pre-Meiji period drama; period piece
- —代理母surrogate mother
- —代議制representative system
- —末代物durable article
- —風呂代fee charged at a public bath
- —親の代one's parents' generation
- —現代劇contemporary drama
- —現代史contemporary history
- —現代版modern version; modern edition; updated, contemporary edition