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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
- —代車loaner vehicle (e.g. from a garage which is repairing one's vehicle)
- —五代Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
- —代親godparent
- —明代Ming period (China; 1368-1644); Ming era
- —餅代money to see one over the New Year period
- —揚代fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
- —お代charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price
- —代紋yakuza coat of arms
- —土代draft (of a document)
- —代子godchild
- —唐代Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
- —代換hypallage
- —品代bill for article
- —町代assisting town official (Edo period)
- —宋代Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty
- —下代wholesale price
- —棚代shelf space rent; shelf space fee
- —型代tooling cost; mold price
- —漢代Han period (China; 202 BCE-220 CE); Han era
- —清代Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty