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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
- —恐竜時代age of dinosaurs
- —冬の時代dark age; hard times; winter years
- —現代新書New Library of Knowledge (series of paperbacks published since 1964 by Kodansha)
- —週刊現代Weekly Gendai (magazine)
- —元禄時代Genroku period (1688-1704); Genroku era
- —有史時代historical times; historical period
- —疑問代名詞interrogative pronoun
- —旧石器時代Paleolithic; Palaeolithic; Old Stone Age
- —広告代理店advertising agency; advertising firm; advertising company
- —再帰代名詞reflexive pronoun
- —新石器時代Neolithic; New Stone Age
- —青銅器時代Bronze Age
- —代理委任状power of attorney
- —団塊の世代baby boom generation (of 1947-1949)
- —しらけ世代generation of young people (esp. of the 1970s) apathetic about social issues
- —販売代理店sales agent
- —旅行代理店travel agent
- —中石器時代Mesolithic; Middle Stone Age
- —人称代名詞personal pronoun
- —比例代表制proportional representation