代 - N4 Kanji

Meaning of 代意味

substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

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代 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

か.わる ka.waru
かわ.る kawa.ru
かわ.り kawa.ri
か.わり ka.wari
-がわ.り -gawa.ri
-が.わり -ga.wari
か.える ka.eru
よ yo
しろ shiro

KUNYOMI　訓読み

ダイ dai
タイ tai

Examples

うちの会社は、いればいるだけ残業代がもらえるからね。

The longer you stay, the more overtime pay you’ll get.

あの会社との取り引きは父の代から糸を引くように切れない。

Our transactions with that firm have continued unbroken since my father’s generation.

２０代の若い女性の中には、夏休みに海外旅行にでたいと思う人も多い。

Many young women in their 20s plan to go abroad during their summer holidays.

安倍内閣は、第９０代の内閣総理大臣に指名された安倍晋三が２００６年９月２６日に発足させた内閣である。

The Abe Cabinet is the Cabinet inaugurated on September 26, 2006 by Shinzo Abe, who was appointed as Japan’s 90th Prime Minister.

私の姉は２０代だ。

My sister is in her twenties.

夕食代は私に払わせて下さい。

Let me pay for the dinner.

彼は３０代の初めだ。

He is in his early thirties.

父は５０代です。

My father is in his fifties.

彼女は１０代で結婚した。

She got married in her teens.

彼は２０代の始めの方だ。

He is in his early twenties.

Back to list JLPT N4 Kanji 1

明 bright, light

動 move, motion, change, confusion, shift, shake

京 capital, 10**16

目 eye, class, look, insight, experience, care, favor

通 traffic, pass through, avenue, commute, counter for letters, notes, documents, etc.