N11417/3019

せんだい

nounnoun (generic)

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Meanings

  • previous generation (of a family), previous head of the family, one's (late) father
  • predecessor
  • previous age, previous generation

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Example sentences

先代せんだい社長しゃちょう非常ひじょうきびしいひとだったといています。

I hear that the previous president was a very strict person.

先代せんだいからいだ家業かぎょうまもることがかれ使命しめいだった。

It was his mission to protect the family business inherited from the previous generation.

先代せんだい技術ぎじゅつえるには、何年なんねんもの修行しゅぎょう必要ひつようだ。

Many years of training are necessary to surpass the skills of the predecessor.

この老舗しにせ先代せんだいだいから三百年さんびゃくねん以上いじょうつづいている由緒ゆいしょあるみせだ。

This long-established shop has been continuing for over three hundred years since the previous generation's time.

先代せんだいのこした負債ふさい返済へんさいするために、現当主げんとうしゅ長年ながねんにわたり苦労くろうかさねてきた。

In order to repay the debts left behind by the previous head of the family, the current head has endured hardship over many long years.