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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)
On readings
ダイタイ
Kun readings
かわるかわるかわりかわり-がわり-がわりかえるよしろ
Words with 代
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —学生時代Popularstudent days
- —江戸時代PopularEdo period (1603-1868)
- —時代錯誤Popularanachronism
- —前代未聞Popularunheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
- —現代社会Popularmodern society
- —千九百年代Popularthe 1900s
- —十代Popularthe teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
- —代代Popularfor generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
- —代charge; cost; price; generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign; era; a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone); switchboard number; counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.; counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.); proxy application company; pronoun
- —酒代drink money; alcohol expenses; tip; gratuity
- —重代successive generations
- —上代ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price
- —城代chamberlain; castle keeper
- —前代previous generation; former ages
- —総代representative
- —代案alternative plan
- —代位subrogation; substitution
- —代印signing by proxy
- —代員proxy
- —代演performing as a substitute; standing in (for)