ダイ
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. charge; cost; price
Shall I pay for the coffee?
2. generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign
Such problems arose in our generation as well.
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.
I'd heard the captain was thirty-something.
7. counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
It doesn't matter how many generations back it was.
Noun
Abbreviation
8. proxy application company
9. pronoun
used in dictionaries, etc.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (209 in total)
alternative plan
ghost-writing
yakuza coat of arms
Examples (41 in total)
My father is in his fifties.
She entered her twenties.
My sister is in her twenties.
My grandfather is in his nineties.
The bus fare was raised.
How much did the flight cost?
He is in his early twenties.
Trump is in his seventies now.
Mary is in her late twenties.
She must still be in her twenties.
The price does not include the box.
She remarried when she was in her mid-forties.
It doesn't matter how many generations back it was.
Such problems arose in our generation as well.
I'd heard the captain was thirty-something.
Let me pay for the dinner.
Naturally, the hotel bill is on me too.
Then at least let me pay for the highway tolls!
Mr George Bush is the forty-first president of the United States.
Were the two of them in their thirties at that time?
He says he'll close the shop within his own generation.
Tom looked like he was somewhere in his late thirties.
He looks old, but he is still in his twenties.
My mom married my dad in the 80s.
Let me pay for your coffee.
A drawback is that the cost of feed is high.
Well, if we leave money for the lodging, it should be fine.
The repair bill includes parts and labor.
This shop has been passed down through seven generations since it was founded.
This system worked well until the 1840s.
He is in his forties, or perhaps still in his thirties.
The other one was a woman in her thirties with a plain appearance.
My family ran a coffee shop that had been around since my grandfather's day.
He cannot be over fifty; he must still be in his forties.
This family has practiced medicine for four generations.
I turn 30 next month. My 20's have been really fulfilling.
Even the cost of a few dozen yen for ammunition starts to feel like a waste.
She says she has no intention of having a baby until she's in her thirties.
Many young women in their 20s plan to go abroad during their summer holidays.
Our transactions with that firm have continued unbroken since my father's generation.
He is a man who is somewhat slovenly, even though he is already in his fifties.