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
taking turns; relieving the guard
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
praying by proxy; applying by proxy
previous generation (of a family); previous head of the family; predecessor; previous age; previous generation
pinch-hitting; pinch hitter; performing a duty in place of someone else; proxy
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
thousands of years; eternity; all generations
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (Middle Ages); acting administrator
well-known; fame
substitute runner; pinch runner; substitute
price of a flower; fee for a geisha's companionship
present age; present day; contemporary; modern era; modern times; contemporary era
representation; agency; proxy; proxy; agent; representative
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
three generations; three periods; third generation
writing on someone's behalf
rent; cover charge
signing by proxy
representation; representative; exemplification; typification; leader; switchboard number
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
for generations; from generation to generation; generation after generation; through the ages
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
age; era; period; date
(one's) 20s; twenties
the same generation; coeval
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
one's high school days
substitute (actor); stand-in; fill-in; understudy; double
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
substitution
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
generation; lifetime; age
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
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges
accommodation fees; hotel charges; room charges
land rent
land rent
sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant
assistant instructor; substitute instructor
chamberlain; castle keeper
parliamentarian; member of a congress
all ages to come; all generations; eternity
representative
same age; same period
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
cost of a meal (or meals)
electricity bill; electric bill
drink money; alcohol expenses; tip; gratuity
cost of repairs
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
charge for medicine
charge for medicine
acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
previous generation; former ages
overtime pay; overtime money; overtime payment
room rent
drink money; drinking money
long era; ages; eternity
answer a roll call for another
venue cost; venue fee
transportation expenses; travel expenses; fare (train, taxi, etc.)
(nominal) retail price
cost of a ticket; price of a ticket
(nominal) retail price
algebra; number of generations (e.g. in imperial succession)
telephone bill; telephone rate
medical fees
surgery costs (fees)
brigadier general; commodore
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
one's parents' generation
thousands of years; eternity; all generations
gasoline bill; cost of gasoline
the n-th generation head of a family
successive generations
successive generations
visiting a temple for another
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
gas bill; gasoline bill; petrol bill
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
representative; delegate
newspaper subscription fee
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
fee charged at a public bath
Ming period (China; 1368-1644); Ming era
district acting shugo (in the Muromachi period); deputy military governor (of a district); district magistrate (in the Edo period)
substitute; deputy; proxy; representative; agent
ticket price
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
subrogation; substitution
amanuensis; scribe
(one's) 80s; eighties
cash on delivery; COD
cash on delivery; COD
money for books
hospital costs; hospital bill
loaner vehicle (e.g. from a garage which is repairing one's vehicle)
algebraic expression
lunch money
substitute land
free of charge
tooling cost; mold price
Yuan dynasty (of China; 1271-1368); Yüan dynasty; Mongol dynasty
substitute lecturing; substitute lecturer
magnificent imperial reign
laundry charges
honorarium (to cover transportation costs); travel expenses (customarily given by wedding hosts to guests who have travelled from afar)
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
execution by proxy; subrogation (of administrative acts)
cost for leasing
main telephone number
Cenozoic era
time charge for a geisha
periodic fee (esp. for employee travel); commuting expenses
money to see one over the New Year period
advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney
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)
lady's pin money; cosmetics expense
money brought to a funeral; incense money; fee for a geisha's time
(mobile broadband) data cost
Qing dynasty (of China; 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
Internet charge
agency; acting official
assisting town official (Edo period)
assisting town official (Edo period)
representing others in a conference
substitute; placeholder
deputy estate steward; deputy jitō
replacement warship
substitute article
decade (of age); -ties (e.g. sixties)
age of information; information age
the present era
substitute priest
substitute
a notice
magazine subscription fee
goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)
Proterozoic era
(printing, etc.) plate cost
dynastic era
deciding on behalf of someone; deciding for someone in their stead
otoshi fee; table charge; cover charge; fee for a compulsory appetizer at an izakaya, etc.
taxi fare
one who offers prayer in place of another
sign for another
pinch hitter
waiting in place of someone else
Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
pro-verb (e.g. "do")
legal representative; legal guardian
seven generations of celestial deities
relative pronoun
algebraic theory
pronominal verb
godparent
algebraic variety; locus defined by polynomial equations
Phanerozoic
godchild
bill for article
Hadean; Hadean eon
wholesale price
shelf space rent; shelf space fee
National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC
Cryptozoic (period)
(mobile broadband) data cost
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
points awarded for scoring combinations
fixed overtime pay; fixed overtime salary
bus fare
hotel bill; cost of a hotel
house of representatives; legislative assembly; chamber of deputies
composing charges; composition charges
draft (of a document)
Examples (41 in total)
My father is in his fifties.
She entered her twenties.
My sister is in her twenties.