Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 が 世せ 代だい を 超こ えて 愛あい される to be loved across generations
This anime is loved across generations.
世せ 代だい によって 〈 事こと 〉 が 違ちが う to differ depending on the generation
Musical tastes differ by generation.
若わか い 世せ 代だい に 〈 物もの 〉 が 人にん 気き だ to be popular among the younger generation
This game is popular among the younger generation.
Kanji 世 generation, world, society 代 substitute, change, convert Related words· 8 時代 refers to a historical period or era, while 世代 focuses on a cohort of people and the span of a human generation.
年代 can mean a decade or an age range, while 世代 emphasizes the generational relationship and shared experience of a group of people.
世代 is the everyday word for a generation, while 一世 is a formal, often historical term used in set phrases.
世代 is the everyday native Japanese word for 'generation' and is used far more broadly, while ジェネレーション is a loanword with a modern or technical nuance often tied to products or tech.
Show 4 more Show fewer 世代 is the standard word for a generation of people in a social or familial sense, while 代 is a broader suffix that can also mark eras, reigns, or decades of age.
世代 refers to a generation such as baby boomers or millennials, while 年齢層 is a narrower statistical age bracket used in surveys and marketing.
世代 is a general term for 'a generation' as an age group or cohort, whereas 三代 counts three specific successive generations in a lineage.
ヤンガージェネレーション specifically labels the younger generation with a trendy foreign flavor, whereas 世代 is the neutral, general term for 'generation' of any age group.
Word family· 26 next generation; future generation
same generation; one's generation
millennials; millennial generation
intergenerational
new generation; next generation
Show 6 more Show fewer older generation; past generation
intergenerational; between different generations
alternation of generations; heterogenesis · generational change; emergence of a new generation
generation management
baby boom generation; baby boomers
sexual generation · teleomorph
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Etymology Compound of 世 (world, society, generation) and 代 (age, era, generation). The combination has been used to mean 'generation' since at least the early modern period.
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