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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
- —時代祭りFestival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on October 22); Jidai Festival
- —現代ふうmodern style; modernness
- —子孫代代generation after generation; (for) generations to come
- —しょば代fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
- —悟り世代enlightened generation; millennial generation lacking ambition and material desire
- —代金引換えcash on delivery; COD
- —代金引替えcash on delivery; COD
- —時代おくれold-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
- —代代伝わるto be handed down from generation to generation
- —代替え療法alternative therapy
- —一代年寄りspecial coaching stock awarded to retired grand champion
- —現代仮名遣modern kana orthography (1946 reform, amended 1986); new kana orthography
- —代替えパスalternate path; alternative path
- —時代掛かるto look old-fashioned; to be antique-looking
- —子ども時代childhood
- —こども時代childhood
- —線型代数学linear algebra
- —世代間衡平intergenerational equity
- —代金引き換えcash on delivery; COD
- —代金引き替えcash on delivery; COD