代

Meanings

1. charge; cost; price
2. generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign
3. era
4. a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)
5. switchboard number

Part of speech: noun, noun (suffix), counter

Kanji

• 代

  Meanings

  substitute, change, convert, replace

  On reading

  ダイ、タイ

  Kun reading

  か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、-がわ.り、-が.わり

  Strokes

  5

Example sentences

• 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.

  Tatoeba #228219 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 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.

  Tatoeba #231148 · CC BY 2.0 FR

• 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.

  Tatoeba #235576 · CC BY 2.0 FR