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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
- —石器時代Stone Age
- —戦国時代Warring States period (of Japanese history, approx. 1467-1568); Sengoku period; Warring States period (of Chinese history, 403-221 BCE); era of vicious competition
- —線形代数linear algebra
- —前史時代prehistoric period
- —全盛時代golden age
- —代議員団delegation
- —代議制度parliamentary system
- —代議政治representative government
- —代議政体representative government
- —代金引換cash on delivery; COD
- —代行機関agency
- —代理業者agent
- —代理公使chargé d'affaires; chargé
- —代理大使charge d'affaires of embassy
- —代理投票voting by proxy
- —代理牧師vicar
- —代理領事acting consul
- —大正時代Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
- —大和時代Yamato period (300-550 CE)
- —鉄器時代Iron Age