N3419/1669

だい

nounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するtransitive verbnoun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)

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Meanings

  • representation, agency, proxy
  • proxy, agent, representative, deputy, substitute, surrogate, stand-in

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Example sentences

かれ社長しゃちょう代理だいりとして会議かいぎ出席しゅっせきした。

He attended the meeting as a representative of the company president.

田中たなかさんは課長かちょう代理だいりつとめています。

Mr. Tanaka is serving as a substitute for the section chief.

はは代理だいり学校がっこうった。

I went to school in my mother's place.

代理だいりにんつうじて契約けいやくむすぶことができます。

You can sign a contract through an agent.

部長ぶちょう不在ふざいのため、副部長ふくぶちょう代理だいりとして重要じゅうよう決定けっていくだした。

Since the department head was absent, the deputy department head made the important decision as a proxy.