N3144/1669
台
nounnoun (generic)noun (suffix)countersuffix
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Meanings
- stand, rest, base, pedestal, platform, table, holder, support, rack
- setting (of a gem), mounting
- stock (in grafting)
- counter for machines and vehicles
- level (e.g. price level), mark, range, decade (of one's life)
- tall building (with a fine view), (observation) platform
- plateau, heights
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Example sentences
この台の上に花瓶を置いてください。
Please place the vase on this stand.
駐車場には車が三台止まっている。
There are three cars parked in the parking lot.
値段が千円台に下がった。
The price dropped to the thousand-yen range.
彼女は四十台に見えないほど若い。
She looks so young that you wouldn't think she's in her forties.
その宝石は金の台に丁寧にはめ込まれていた。
The gemstone was carefully set into a gold mounting.
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