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代

代 — substitute, change, convert

On
ダイ, タイ
Kun
かわる, かわる, かわり, かわり, -がわり, -がわり, かえる, よ, しろ
Strokes
5
JLPT
N4
School grade
3

Common words with 代

  • 時代じだいperiod; epoch; era; ageCommon

    今や時代との競争になった。
    It was now a race against time.

  • 代表だいひょうrepresentation; representative; delegate; delegationCommon

    級友を代表してお礼の言葉を述べさしていただきます。
    On behalf of my classmates, let me say a few words of thanks to you.

  • 現代げんだいpresent age; present day; todayCommon

    私は現代の音楽はあまり好きではない事を認めます。
    I must admit I don't like much contemporary music.

  • 世代せだいgenerationCommon
  • 近代きんだいpresent day; modern times; recent timesCommon
  • 代理だいりrepresentation; agency; proxyCommon
  • 代わりかわりsubstitute; replacement; substituting; replacingCommon
  • 交代こうたいchange; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift; relief; taking…Common
  • 代議だいぎrepresenting others in a conferenceCommon
  • 代行だいこうacting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business forCommon
  • 代金だいきんprice; cost; charge; payment; bill; feeCommon
  • 古代こだいancient times; distant past; antiquityCommon
  • 初代しょだいfirst generation; founderCommon
  • 代理店だいりてんagency; agentCommon
  • 年代ねんだいage; era; period; dateCommon
  • 歴代れきだいsuccessive generations; successive emperorsCommon
  • 代々だいだいfor generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; th…Common
  • 代打だいだpinch-hitting; pinch hitterCommon
  • 代替だいたいsubstitutionCommon
  • 時代劇じだいげきhistorical play; period dramaCommon

With the N5–N4 kanji, you can read 250 words that use 代.

  • 時代 じだい period; epoch; era; age
  • 世代 せだい generation
  • 代わり かわり substitute; replacement; substituting; replacing
  • 近代 きんだい present day; modern times; recent times
  • 代理 だいり representation; agency; proxy

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