代

Reading

Kana: だい

Romaji: dai

Definitions

noun

n-suf

1

charge; cost; price

2

generation; age; reign

See also: 台 (reading だい, entry #6)

3

era

(Geology, etc. term)

4

a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)

Note: after someone's name or title

5

used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number

See also: 代表電話番号

ctr

6

counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.

See also: 台 (reading だい, entry #6)

7

counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)

8

proxy application company

Note: abbreviation

See also: 代理申請会社

noun

9

pronoun

Note: used in dictionaries, etc.

Note: abbreviation

See also: 代名詞

Kanji

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

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

Example Sentences

父(ちち)は５０代(だい)です。

➥My father is in his fifties.

私(わたし)の姉(あね)は２０代(だい)だ。

➥My sister is in her twenties.

部屋代(へやだい)はとても高(たか)い。

➥The rent is very high.

足代(あしだい)にもならない。

➥That will not make even carfare.

バス代(だい)が上(あ)がった。

➥The bus fare was raised.

彼女(かのじょ)と席(せき)をかわった。

➥I exchanged seats with her.