代

だい

Meanings

  1. Noun, Noun suffix 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) See also: 代表電話番号 (だいひょうでんわばんごう).
  6. Counter counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
  7. counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
  8. Noun proxy application company See also: 代理申請会社 (だいりしんせいかいしゃ).
  9. pronoun (used in dictionaries, etc.) See also: 代名詞 (だいめいし).

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