同どう年ねん代だい

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Meanings

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noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

same generation; same age group; coeval

Refers to people born around the same time, or to the fact of being in the same generation. Often used with の to modify nouns.

彼かれは私わたしと同どう年ねん代だいです。
He is the same generation as me.
同どう年ねん代だいの人ひとたちと話はなすのは楽たのしい。
It's fun to talk with people of the same generation.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉と同どう年ねん代だいto be the same age/generation as someone
彼かれは私わたしと同どう年ねん代だいだ。
He's about the same age as me.
同どう年ねん代だいの〈人ひと〉people of the same age group
同どう年ねん代だいの友とも達だちが多おおい。
I have a lot of friends around my age.
同どう年ねん代だいに比くらべてcompared to people of the same age group
彼かの女じょは同どう年ねん代だいに比くらべて落おち着ついている。
She's more composed compared to others her age.

Kanji

同same, agree, equal
年year, counter for years
代substitute, change, convert

Related words

同どう世せ代だいN2
同世代 and 同年代 both mean 'the same generation', but 同世代 is more common in cultural/social contexts (e.g. 同世代の音楽) while 同年代 focuses more narrowly on being close in age.
年とし頃ごろN1
同年代 describes belonging to the same generation or age bracket, whereas 同じ年頃 is a looser, more casual way to say two people look about the same age.

Opposites

異い世せ代だい
異世代 describes people of a different generation, the opposite of being 同年代 with someone.

Don't confuse with

同どう年ねん齢れい
同年齢 means exactly the same age (e.g. both 25), while 同年代 refers more loosely to belonging to the same broad generation or age bracket.
同どう年ねん
同年代 means 'roughly the same generation/age bracket', a looser grouping than 同年, which means exactly the same age or year.

Built from

同どう+年ねん代だい

Etymology

Compound of 同 (same) + 年代 (era, generation).