Lingaku代【だい】
Frequency rank: 2,064. – 2,066.
- charge; cost; price
- generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign
- erageology
- a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)after someone's name or title
- switchboard numberused after a phone numbersee also 代表電話番号
- counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
- counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
- proxy application companyabbreviationsee also 代理申請会社
- pronounabbreviationused in dictionaries, etc.see also 代名詞
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun, used as a suffix
counter
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
- 代【だい】Frequency rank: 2,064. – 2,066.
- だいFrequency rank: 2,669. – 2,672.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- charge; cost; price
- generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign
- era
- a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)
- switchboard number
- counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
- counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
- proxy application company
- pronoun
This meaning of 代 is used to refer to the charge, cost, or price of something.
代 can also indicate a generation, age, school year, cohort, or reign in a historical or academic context.
The Showa era changed to the Heisei era.
This meaning of 代 specifically refers to an era in history.
代 is used to indicate acting as a representative or on behalf of someone.
代 can be used to refer to a switchboard number in a telephone system.
In Japanese, 代 is used as a counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
代 is also used as a counter for generations, especially in the context of inheritors to a throne.
代 can also refer to a proxy application company, which acts on behalf of others in various applications.
Finally, 代 is used as a pronoun to represent oneself or others.
Generated collocations (experimental)
Example sentences
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There's a saying, "once in a life-time event," and that's just what this is.
He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.
3. あべ安倍ないかく内閣は、だい第きゅうじゅうだい９０代のないかくそうりだいじん内閣総理大臣にしめい指名されたあべ安倍しんぞう晋三がにせん ろくねん２００６年くがつ９月にじゅうろくにち２６日にほっそく発足させたないかく内閣である。
The Abe Cabinet is the Cabinet inaugurated on September 26, 2006 by Shinzo Abe, who was appointed as Japan's 90th Prime Minister.
She is in her thirties, but looks old for her age.
She can't be over thirty; she must still be in her twenties.
She worked as an aerobics instructor in her twenties.
She says she has no intention of having a baby until she's in her thirties.
She can't be over thirty; she must still be in her twenties.
He was still in his teens when he founded a company.
He cannot be over fifty; he must still be in his forties.