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Zach

当代

Reading

Kana: とうだい
Romaji: toudai
Kana
Romaji

Definition

n-t
1

the present age; these days; (present) head of the family

Kanji

Readings: トウ、 あ.たる、 あ.たり、 あ.てる、 あ.て、 まさ.に、 まさ.にべし
Meanings: hit, right, appropriate, himself
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 Sentence

(かれ)当代(とうだい)随一(ずいいち)作家(さっか)のひとりであるのは()うまでもない。
➥Needless to say he is one of the best writers of the present generation.
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