Kanji1 / 5
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
- N4時代Popularperiod; epoch; era; age; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness; antiquity; antique; period piece
- N3近代Popularpresent day; modern times; recent times; early modern period (in Japan, usu. from the Meiji Restoration until the end of World War II)
- N3現代Popularpresent age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
- N3代金Popularprice; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
- N3代表Popularrepresentation; representative; delegate; delegation; exemplification; typification; being representative of; being typical of; representative example; exemplar; model; leader; switchboard number; main number
- N3代理Popularrepresentation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative; deputy; substitute; surrogate; stand-in
- N3年代Popularage; era; period; date
- N2代名詞Popularpronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern; byword; representative
- N1古代Popularancient times; distant past; antiquity
- N1世代Populargeneration
- N1先代Popularprevious generation (of a family); previous head of the family; one's (late) father; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
- N1代弁Popularspeaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of); acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
- N1代用Popularsubstitution
- —一代Populargeneration; lifetime; age
- —次代Popularthe next era
- —初代Popularfirst generation; founder
- —代官Popularlocal governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (Middle Ages); acting administrator
- —代議Popularrepresenting others in a conference
- —代行Popularacting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
- —代償Popularcompensation; reparation; indemnification; price (of achieving a goal); cost; paying compensation on someone's behalf; compensation; compensation; substitution