Moto 代: Substitute; Change; ConvertKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ダイ、タイ
- Kun'yomi
- か(わる)、かわ(る)、かわ(り)、か(わり)、-がわ(り)、-が(わり)、か(える)、よ、しろ
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 902 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ダイ・タイ)
- 代表だいひょうrepresentative; representation
- 時代じだいperiod; epoch
- 世代せだいgeneration; the world
- 現代げんだいnowadays; modern era
- 交代こうたいalternation; change
- 代理だいりrepresentation; agency
- 近代きんだいpresent day; modern times
- 代行だいこうacting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf
- 代議だいぎrepresenting others in a conference
- 代金だいきんprice; cost
- 初代しょだいfirst generation; founder
- 古代こだいancient times
- 代理店だいりてんagent; agency
- 年代ねんだいage; era
- 歴代れきだいsuccessive generations; successive emperors
- 代打だいだpinch-hitting
- 代替だいたいsubstitution; alternation
- 代表作だいひょうさくmost important work (of a writer, artist, etc.); representative work
- 時代劇じだいげきhistorical play; period drama
- 代議士だいぎしparliamentarian; member of a congress
- 十代じゅうだいthe teens (10-19); teenage
- 代表的だいひょうてきrepresentative; exemplary
- 代人だいにんsubstitute; deputy
- 代償だいしょうcompensation; indemnification
- 同時代どうじだいthe same age; same period
- 三代さんだいthree generations; three periods
- 代名詞だいめいしpronoun
- 前代未聞ぜんだいみもんunheard-of; unprecedented
- 次代じだいthe next era
- 一代いちだいgeneration; lifetime
- 先代せんだいprevious generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor
- 現代的げんだいてきmodernistic
- 近代的きんだいてきmodern
- 代用だいようsubstitution
- 千九百年代せんきゅうひゃくねんだいthe 1900s
- 代役だいやくsubstitute (e.g. actor); substitution
- 代謝たいしゃmetabolism
- 近代詩きんだいしmodern poetry; modern-style poetry
- 黄金時代おうごんじだいGolden Age
- 代官だいかんEdo-period prefectural governor (magistrate, bailiff)
- 大時代おおじだいold-fashioned; antiquated
- 時代錯誤じだいさくごanachronism
- 永代えいたいpermanence; eternity
- 一代記いちだいきbiography
- 上代じょうだいancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages
- 中生代ちゅうせいだいMesozoic era
Words that use a kun'yomi
- 代わりかわりsubstitute; replacement
- 千代ちよthousand years
- 君が代きみがよImperial reign
- 肩代わりかたがわりtaking over another's debt; shouldering someone else's burden
- 八千代やちよvery long period; forever
- 身代わりみがわりsubstitution (for someone else); substitute
- 代えるかえるto replace
- お代わりおかわりanother helping; second helping
- 代よworld; society
- 代えかえchange; alteration
- 代わるかわるto succeed; to relieve
- 代わる代わるかわるがわるalternately; by turns
Other readings
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