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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
- —関係代数relation algebra; relational algebra
- —古典古代classical antiquity; Greek and Roman eras
- —氏子総代parishioner representative
- —代替休日compensatory holiday (for working on a day off)
- —代替燃料alternative fuel
- —近代文明modern civilization; modern world
- —近代家族modern family
- —近代建築modern architecture; modernist architecture
- —近代社会modern society
- —近代都市modern city; modern town
- —近代産業modern industry
- —近代芸術modern art
- —ショバ代fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
- —現代主義modernism
- —患難時代Great Tribulation
- —上代仮名cursive kanji form used as a syllabary (Heian period); ancient kana
- —古代文字ancient script; ancient character; ancient alphabet
- —脱近代化demodernization
- —親指世代thumb tribe; thumb generation; people who are constantly typing on their phones with their thumbs
- —蜜月時代honeymoon period (e.g. between two countries)