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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
- —売却代金proceeds from sale; receipts
- —テン年代the 2010s
- —リース代cost for leasing
- —現代国語modern Japanese (esp. as a school subject)
- —代用漢字substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
- —近現代史modern history; modern and current history; recent history; recent contemporary history
- —代理懐胎surrogate pregnancy
- —近代美術modern art
- —子供時代childhood
- —代用証券collateral securities; substitute securities
- —今の時代modern times; the modern age; this day and age
- —課長代理deputy manager; acting manager; acting section chief
- —現代っ子child of the times; modern kid; kids of today; with-it youngster
- —一代一度once in an emperor's reign; event that takes place only once in a sovereign's reign
- —時代背景historical background
- —代物弁済payment in substitutes; accord and satisfaction; substitute performance
- —後代検定progeny test
- —年代測定age determination; dating
- —子孫代々generation after generation; (for) generations to come
- —代数的数algebraic number