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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
- —歴史時代historical times; historical period
- —収納代行receiving agent
- —代名動詞pronominal verb
- —古代中国ancient China
- —青銅時代Bronze Age
- —代表代行acting leader (usu. of a party)
- —現役世代working generation; people still working
- —大化前代period in the sixth and seventh centuries prior to the Taika reform
- —代位弁済subrogation; subrogated performance; payment in subrogation
- —代償満足vicarious satisfaction
- —日本代表Japanese representative; Japanese delegate; Japanese delegation
- —現代思想contemporary philosophy; modern thought
- —現代文学contemporary literature; modern literature
- —比例代表proportional representation
- —高校時代one's high school days
- —現代語訳modern translation; translation into modern language (of a classical text, e.g. The Tale of Genji)
- —代表理事representative director; spokesperson for a board of directors
- —現代美術contemporary art
- —現代生活contemporary life; present-day life
- —地代家賃expenses for rent of space, land, etc.