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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
- —代用字substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
- —地頭代deputy estate steward; deputy jitō
- —Ｚ世代Generation Z; Gen Z
- —現代華gendaika; modern, non-traditional school of ikebana
- —副代表deputy leader (of a party, etc.); vice-president
- —党代表party leader
- —Ｘ世代Generation X; Gen X
- —Ｙ世代Generation Y; Gen Y
- —Ｍ世代millennials; millennial generation
- —代表選leadership election
- —一時代an era; a (certain) period (in history)
- —代理商commercial agent; commission merchant
- —電車代train fare
- —旧世代older generation; past generation
- —病院代hospital costs; hospital bill
- —勉強代cost of a lesson learned (e.g. from failing at something); price of a life lesson
- —代打ちplaying a gambling game on behalf of a person or organization (esp. mahjong or pachinko); person who gambles on someone's behalf
- —お車代honorarium (to cover transportation costs); travel expenses (customarily given by wedding hosts to guests who have travelled from afar)
- —定期代periodic fee (esp. for employee travel); commuting expenses
- —バス代bus fare