代

Meaning

代 centers on one thing standing in for another: substituting, replacing, or taking a turn. This extends naturally to a span of time (an era or generation) and to a fee or charge as something given in exchange.

• 時代じだい
  N4

  period; epoch; era; age

• 代表だいひょう
  N3

  representation; representative; delegate; delegation

• 代わりかわり
  N4

  substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing

• 現代げんだい
  N3

  present age; present day; today

• 世代せだい
  N2

  generation

• 年代ねんだい
  N3

  age; era; period; date

• 代理だいり
  N2

  representation; agency; proxy

• 古代こだい
  N1

  ancient times; distant past; antiquity

• 交代こうたい
  N2

  change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift; relief; taking turns

• 初代しょだい

  first generation; founder

• 代行だいこう
  N1

  acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for

• 近代きんだい
  N3

  present day; modern times; recent times

• 代替だいたい

  substitution

• 歴代れきだい

  successive generations; successive emperors

• 代謝たいしゃ

  metabolism

• 代金だいきん
  N3

  price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee

• 代理人だいりにん

  proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative; attorney

• 代償だいしょう
  N1

  compensation; reparation; indemnification

• 代用だいよう
  N1

  substitution

• 千代ちよ

  thousand years; thousand generations; thousand ages; eternity

• 代打だいだ

  pinch-hitting; pinch hitter

• 代々だいだい
  N1

  for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages

• 代名詞だいめいし
  N2

  pronoun

• 先代せんだい
  N1

  previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; one's (late) father

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