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Kanji: 代
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KANJI

代

5 strokes

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ON 音	ダイ
	タイ

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N4 (upper beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 8 (completion of 3rd grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 3rd grade in Japan
Radical:	人(亻) Radical name: ひと（にんべん）
Meaning:	Substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 70 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N4	代(か)わり	substitute, alternate
N4	時代(じだい)	era
N3	近代(きんだい)	present day
N3	現代(げんだい)	nowadays, modern times, present-day
N3	代金(だいきん)	price, payment, cost, charge
N3	代表(だいひょう)	representative, representation, delegation, type, example, model
N3	代理(だいり)	representation, agency, proxy, deputy, agent
N3	年代(ねんだい)	age, era, period, date
N2	お代(か)わり	second helping, another cup
N2	代(か)える	to exchange, to interchange, to substitute, to replace

N2	代(かわ)る	(v5r, vi) to take the place of, to relieve, to be substituted for
N2	代名詞(だいめいし)	pronoun
N1	代(か)わる	to take the place of, to relieve, to be substituted for, to be exchanged, to change places with, to take
N1	代(か)わる代(が)わる	alternately
N1	古代(こだい)	ancient times
N1	代(しろ)	price, materials, substitution
N1	世代(せだい)	generation, the world, the age
N1	先代(せんだい)	family predecessor, previous age, previous generation
N1	代弁(だいべん)	pay by proxy, act for another, speak for another
N1	代用(だいよう)	substitution

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