| 代 | meaning | 'substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee' |
| onyomi | ダイ, タイ |
| kunyomi | か.わる, かわ.る, かわ.り, -がわ.り, か.える, よ, しろ |
| term | pronunciation | English |
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| 代 | か・わる、か・える | substitution, generation, fee |
| 世代 | せだい | a generation |
| 代える | かえる | to exchange (a for b) |
| お代わり | おかわり | another [a second] helping; a refill; another cup |
| 代わる | かわる | to take the place of; to replace |
| 代わりに | かわりに | in exchange (for...); instead (of...); in place of |
| 代わり | かわり | substitute, alternate |
| 代る | かわる | to take the place of, to relieve |
| 年代 | ねんだい | age, era, period, date |
| 時代 | じだい | time; a period; an epoch; an age; an era |
| 現代 | げんだい | nowadays, modern times, present-day (adj-no) |
| 代理 | だいり | representation, agency, proxy, deputy, agent |
| 千代田 | ちよだ | Chiyoda Ward |
| 前代未聞 | ぜんだいみもん | unheard-of; unprecedented |
| 代表 | だいひょう | representative, representation, delegation |
| 代名詞 | だいめいし | pronoun |
| 近代 | きんだい | present day |
| 代金 | だいきん | price, payment, cost, charge |
| 交代 | こうたい | alternation, change, relief, relay, shift, substitution (sports, etc.) |
| 代償 | だいしょう | compensation, indemnification, reparation, consideration |
| 代理店 | だいりてん | agent, agency |
| 代行 | だいこう | acting as agent |
| 代謝 | たいしゃ | renewal, regeneration, metabolism |
| 代議 | だいぎ | representing others in a conference |
| 初代 | しょだい | first generation, founder |
| 化粧代 | けしょうだい | lady's pin money, cosmetics expense |
| 千九百年代 | せんきゅうひゃくねんだい | the 1900s |
| 千代 | せんだい, ちよ | thousand years; very long period, forever |
| 古代 | こだい | ancient times |
| 古墳時代 | こふんじだい | Tumulus period (of Japanese history) |
| 君が代 | きみがよ | Imperial reign; title of Japanese national anthem |
| 奈良時代 | ならじだい | Nara period (710-794 CE) |
| 安土桃山時代 | あづちももやまじだい | Azuchi-Momoyama period (approx. 1558-1600 CE) |
| 希代 | きだい, きたい | rarity, uncommonness |
| 弥生時代 | やよいじだい | Yayoi period (c. 300 BCE-300 CE) |
| 新陳代謝 | しんちんたいしゃ | renewal, replacement, metabolism |
| 昭代 | しょうだい | glorious reign, enlightened era |
| 昭和時代 | しょうわじだい | Showa period (1926-1989 CE) |
| 時代劇 | じだいげき | historical play |
| 時代錯誤 | じだいさくご | anachronism |
| 柏鵬時代 | はくほうじだい | (sumo) era during 1960s dominated by grand champions Taiho and Kashiwado |
| 歴代 | れきだい | successive generations, successive emperors |
| 永代 | えいたい | permanence, eternity |
| 神代杉 | じんだいすぎ | lignitized Japanese cedar, lignitised Japanese cedar |
| 肩代わり | かたがわり | shouldering another's debt |
| 苗代 | なわしろ, なえしろ | rice nursery, bed for rice seedlings |
| 身代金要求 | みのしろきんようきゅう | ransom demand |
| 近代詩 | きんだいし | modern poetry, modern-style poetry |
| 鎌倉時代 | かまくらじだい | Kamakura period (1185-1333 CE) |
| 黄金時代 | おうごんじだい | Golden Age |