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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)
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- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 5
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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Words with 代
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —世代交代alternation of generations; heterogenesis; change of generations; emergence of a new generation
- —青年時代(one's) youth; one's younger days
- —代議員会conference of representatives
- —現代医療modern medicine
- —代替医療alternative medicine
- —代替療法alternative therapy
- —代理出産surrogate birth
- —時代離れnot up with the times; out of touch
- —のれん代goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)
- —一代年寄special coaching stock awarded to retired grand champion
- —栃若時代era during the 1950s dominated by grand champions Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I
- —貴輪時代era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana
- —北玉時代era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi
- —輪湖時代era during mid-1970s dominated by grand champions Wajima and Kitanoumi
- —柏鵬時代era during 1960s dominated by grand champions Taiho and Kashiwado
- —代用監獄police custody; police detention; substitute prison
- —先祖代々ancestral; hereditary; handed down from generation to generation; for generations; from generation to generation
- —当代随一the greatest of the day
- —部長代理deputy manager; assistant manager; acting manager
- —旧幕時代the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime