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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
- —洗濯代laundry charges
- —年代物antique; vintage item
- —弁当代lunch money
- —始生代Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
- —大代表main (switchboard) number; main telephone (phone) number
- —同年代the same generation; coeval
- —昼食代lunch price
- —親代代inheritance
- —代書屋notary public; scribe; amanuensis
- —食事代cost of a meal (or meals)
- —手術代surgery costs (fees)
- —代動詞pro-verb (e.g. "do")
- —原生代Proterozoic era
- —代引きcash on delivery; COD
- —代諾者legal representative; legal guardian
- —代表権(right of) representation; right to represent (e.g. a company)
- —時代祭Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival
- —代数的algebraic
- —代数系algebraic system
- —代行業agency; proxy service