► 名詞
代 [(1)だい] meaning: generation rank: 3
☆ 三代目の社長 ⇨ A third-generation CEO
► 接尾辞
代 [(1)だい] meaning: price rank: 1
☆ ホテル代は会社が持つ ⇨ The company will pay for the hotel cost
☆ ガソリン代が二万円掛かった ⇨ The gas cost was ¥20K (☛ Usually one-time purchase price)
More examples:
- 電気代を払わなかったので電気を止められた ⇨ They stopped, cut, the electricity because I haven’t paid the bill
- 五十代の女性の意見を集中的に集めた ⇨ We focused on collecting the opinions of women in their 50’s
- 彼等の事業は時代の波に乗って大成功した ⇨ Their business ride the wave of the times, took advantage of the trend, and became a big success
- 時代の先端を行く技術 ⇨ The technology at the forefront of the time
- 時代遅れの規制が経済発展の足枷になっている ⇨ The outdated regulations are shackling the development of economy
- 古代の都 ⇨ An ancient capital city
- 新時代を担う若者達 ⇨ The young people who carry the new era on their backs
- 彼等の青春時代は戦争で破壊された ⇨ Their days of youth were destroyed by the war
- 彼は後半20分に控えの選手と交代した ⇨ He was substituted by a backup player at the 20th minute of the 2nd half
- ゲルニカはピカソの代表作の一つだ ⇨ Guernica is one of Picasso’s most famous works
- 今は全てコンピューターの時代だ ⇨ Today everything is in the age of computers
- 前代未聞の醜聞 ⇨ A never-before-heard-of, an unprecedented, scandal
- 時代の産物 ⇨ A product of the times
- 運転交代しようか？ ⇨ Do you want me to switch and drive now?
- お母さんに代わってくれる？ ⇨ (While on the phone) will you let me talk to mom?