- 1. [n, n-suf] charge; cost; price
- 2. [n, n-suf] generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign
- 3. [n, n-suf] {geol} era
- 4. [n, n-suf] a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) — after someone's name or title
- 5. [n, n-suf] switchboard number — used after a phone number
- 6. [ctr] counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
- 7. [ctr] counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
- 8. [n] proxy application company (abbr)
- 9. [n] pronoun — used in dictionaries, etc. (abbr)
Kanji in this word
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代
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, feeOn: ダイ (dai)、 タイ (tai)Kun: か.わる (ka.waru)、 かわ.る (kawa.ru)、 かわ.り (kawa.ri)、 か.わり (ka.wari)、 -がわ.り (-gawa.ri)、 -が.わり (-ga.wari)、 か.える (ka.eru)、 よ (yo)、 しろ (shiro)
Example Sentences
うちの会社は、いればいるだけ残業代がもらえるからね。
The longer you stay, the more overtime pay you'll get.
あの会社との取り引きは父の代から糸を引くように切れない。
Our transactions with that firm have continued unbroken since my father's generation.
20代の若い女性の中には、夏休みに海外旅行にでたいと思う人も多い。
Many young women in their 20s plan to go abroad during their summer holidays.
安倍内閣は、第90代の内閣総理大臣に指名された安倍晋三が2006年9月26日に発足させた内閣である。
The Abe Cabinet is the Cabinet inaugurated on September 26, 2006 by Shinzo Abe, who was appointed as Japan's 90th Prime Minister.