代だい
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. charge; cost; price
2. generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign
3. era
4. a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)
after someone's name or title
5. switchboard number
used after a phone number
Counter
6. counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
7. counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
Noun
Abbreviation
8. proxy application company
9. pronoun
used in dictionaries, etc.
Kanji used
substitute
Pitch accent
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Top 1400
Used in vocabulary (226 in total)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
age; era; period; date
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
(one's) 20s; twenties
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
the same generation; coeval
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (Middle Ages); acting administrator
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
successive generations; successive emperors
ancient time; age of the gods; mythological age; time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu
ancient time; age of the gods; mythological age; time before the ascension of Emperor Jimmu
the next era
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
one's high school days
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
generation; lifetime; age
substitution
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
three generations; three periods; third generation
earnings from a part-time job; part-time job pay
price; cost; charge; price (of achieving something); cost; sacrifice
charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
land rent
land rent
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant
accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges
accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges
assistant instructor; substitute instructor
chamberlain; castle keeper
writing on someone's behalf
parliamentarian; member of a congress
all ages to come; all generations; eternity
representative
alternative plan
same age; same period
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
successive generations; hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
cost of a meal (or meals)
electricity bill; electric bill
pinch-hitting; pinch hitter; performing a duty in place of someone else; proxy
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
drink money; alcohol expenses; tip; gratuity
previous generation; former ages
acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
charge for medicine
charge for medicine
overtime pay; overtime money; overtime payment
yakuza coat of arms
drink money; drinking money
answer a roll call for another
venue cost; venue fee
algebra; number of generations (e.g. in imperial succession)
long era; ages; eternity
ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price
ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price
transportation expenses; travel expenses; fare (train, taxi, etc.)
cost of a ticket; price of a ticket
telephone bill; telephone rate
surgery costs (fees)
deputy who went to the battlefield in his lord's stead (Muromachi period onward); provisional regent (standing in for an underage lord; Muromachi period onward); official left in charge of a jin'ya in a lord's absence; local magistrate
glorious reign; enlightened era
brigadier general; commodore
one's parents' generation
price of a flower; fee for a geisha's companionship
successive generations
gasoline bill; cost of gasoline
rent; cover charge
thousands of years; eternity; all generations
thousands of years; eternity; all generations
successive generations
ghost-writing
gas bill; gasoline bill; petrol bill
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
well-known; fame
the n-th generation head of a family
representative; delegate
visiting a temple for another
newspaper subscription fee
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
representing others in a conference
playing a gambling game on behalf of a person or organization (esp. mahjong or pachinko); person who gambles on someone's behalf
playing a gambling game on behalf of a person or organization (esp. mahjong or pachinko); person who gambles on someone's behalf
cost of a lesson learned (e.g. from failing at something); price of a life lesson
Song dynasty (of China; 960-1279); Sung dynasty
Han period (China; 202 BCE-220 CE); Han era
cost of a car; carfare; honorarium (to cover transportation costs); travel expenses (customarily given by wedding hosts to guests who have travelled from afar)
room rent
Ming period (China; 1368-1644); Ming era
substitute; deputy; proxy; representative; agent
district acting shugo (in the Muromachi period); deputy military governor (of a district); district magistrate (in the Edo period)
amanuensis; scribe
subrogation; substitution
fee charged at a public bath
money for books
loaner vehicle (e.g. from a garage which is repairing one's vehicle)
cash on delivery; COD
cash on delivery; COD
(one's) 80s; eighties
hospital costs; hospital bill
algebraic expression
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
free of charge
substitute land
substitute runner; pinch runner; substitute
to change hands; to be succeeded
tooling cost; mold price
taking turns; relieving the guard
magnificent imperial reign
substitute lecturing; substitute lecturer
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty; Mongol dynasty
honorarium (to cover transportation costs); travel expenses (customarily given by wedding hosts to guests who have travelled from afar)
cost for leasing
main telephone number
time charge for a geisha
advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
money to see one over the New Year period
periodic fee (esp. for employee travel); commuting expenses
charge (for admission, a meal, etc.); fee; price
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
Collections of the Twenty-One Eras; twenty-one collections of waka compiled by imperial command (early Heian to early Muromachi)
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
execution by proxy; subrogation (of administrative acts)
(mobile broadband) data cost
money brought to a funeral; incense money; fee for a geisha's time
Internet charge
lady's pin money; cosmetics expense
substitute; placeholder
agency; acting official
assisting town official (Edo period)
assisting town official (Edo period)
Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
cash on delivery; COD
deputy estate steward; deputy jitō
age of information; information age
substitute article
decade (of age); -ties (e.g. sixties)
replacement warship
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of)
Russian false yellow lupine (Thermopsis lupinoides)
the present era
otoshi fee; table charge; cover charge; fee for a compulsory appetizer at an izakaya, etc.
deciding on behalf of someone; deciding for someone in their stead
taxi fare
substitute priest
magazine subscription fee
(printing, etc.) plate cost
goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)
payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of); acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
drink money; drinking money
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
honorarium (to cover transportation costs); travel expenses (customarily given by wedding hosts to guests who have travelled from afar)
praying by proxy; applying by proxy
signing by proxy
goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)
National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC
one who offers prayer in place of another
wholesale price
algebraic variety; locus defined by polynomial equations
Cryptozoic (period)
legal representative; legal guardian
pro-verb (e.g. "do")
waiting in place of someone else
relative pronoun
(mobile broadband) data cost
hotel bill; cost of a hotel
Hadean; Hadean eon
seven generations of celestial deities
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
fixed overtime pay; fixed overtime salary
composing charges; composition charges
composing charges; composition charges
points awarded for scoring combinations
bill for article
house of representatives; legislative assembly; chamber of deputies
Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
shelf space rent; shelf space fee
sign for another
draft (of a document)
Examples (26 in total)
My father is in his fifties.
She entered her twenties.
My grandfather is in his nineties.