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時代 じだい (n-t) period; epoch; era 65
代表 だいひょう (n,vs) representative; representation; delegation; type; example; model 178
代 しろ (n) price; materials; substitution 211
代 だい (n-suf) charge; cost; price 211
代 よ (n) world; society; age; generation 211
役 えき (n) war; campaign; battle 217
役 やく (n,n-suf) use; service; role; position 217
年代 ねんだい (n) age; era; period; date 255
初代 しょだい (n) first generation; founder 720
現代 げんだい (adj-no,n-adv,n) nowadays; modern times; present-day 735
先代 せんだい (n) family predecessor; previous age; previous generation 1082
古代 こだい (adj-na,n-adv,n-t) ancient times 1152
次代 じだい (n) the next era 1269
歴代 れきだい (n) successive generations; successive emperors 1338
近代 きんだい (n) present day 1385
取締役 とりしまりやく (n) company director; board member 1701
役割 やくわり (n) part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties 1728
代わり かわり (n) substitute; deputy; proxy; alternate; relief; compensation; second helping 1914
現役 げんえき (n) active duty; active service 1957
世代 せだい (n) generation; the world; the age 1971
代わる かわる (v5r,vi) to take the place of; to relieve; to be substituted for; to be exchanged; to change places with; to take turns; to be replaced 2412
市役所 しやくしょ (n) municipal office; council; city hall 2499
代理 だいり (n) representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.) 2845
代替 だいがえ (n) change of ownership; substitution; subrogation 3194
代替 だいがわり (n) change of ownership; substitution; subrogation 3194
代替 だいたい (n) change of ownership; substitution; subrogation 3194
役場 やくば (n) town hall 3198
交代 こうたい (n,vs) alternation; change; relief; relay; shift 3361
主役 しゅやく (n) leading part; leading actor (actress) 3706
役員 やくいん (n) officer; official; executive; staff 5147
代行 だいこう (n) acting as agent 5162
役者 やくしゃ (n) actor; actress 5220
子役 こやく (n) dramatic role for child; child actor 5223
区役所 くやくしょ (n) ward office; council (regional) 5315
譜代 ふだい (n) successive generations; hereditary (Tokugawa) daimyo 5637
役職 やくしょく (n) post; managerial position; official position 5829
代数 だいすう (n) algebra 6013
退役 たいえき (n,vs) retiring from military service 6177
千代 せんだい (n) (1) thousand years; (2) very long period; forever 6555
千代 ちよ (n) (1) thousand years; (2) very long period; forever 6555
就役 しゅうえき (n,vs) placed in commission; entering servitude 6733
悪役 あくやく (n) villain; baddie; the villain's part 7077
懲役 ちょうえき (n) penal servitude; imprisonment with hard labor 7083
代々 だいだい (n-adv,n-t) for generations; hereditary; generation after generation 7098
代々 よよ (n-adv,n-t) for generations; hereditary; generation after generation 7098
代名詞 だいめいし (n) pronoun 7393
役目 やくめ (n) duty; business 7422
代役 だいやく (n) important mission; heavy role; substitute actor; stand-in; double 7427
代用 だいよう (n) substitution 7688
次世代 じせだい (n) next (future) generation 7841
役立つ やくだつ (v5t) to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose 7922
代謝 たいしゃ (n) (abbr) renewal; regeneration; metabolism 7935
代打 だいだ (n) pinch-hitting 8231
八千代 やちよ (n) eternity; thousands of years 8313
役所 やくしょ (n) government office; public office 9049
代官 だいかん (n) Edo period prefectural governor (magistrate, bailiff) 9141
戦役 せんえき (n) war 9422
役名 やくめい (n) official title 9638
脇役 わきやく (n) supporting role (actor); minor role 9769
兵役 へいえき (n) military service; conscription 10164
役柄 やくがら (n) role 10179
役務 えきむ (n) labor; service 10187
役に立つ やくにたつ (v5t) to be helpful; to be useful 10197
神代 かみよ (n) ancient time; age of the gods 10235
神代 じんだい (n) ancient time; age of the gods 10235
代理人 だいりにん (n) proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative; attorney 10354
代金 だいきん (n) price; payment; cost; charge; the money; the bill 10427
役人 やくにん (n) government official 10883
代償 だいしょう (n) compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration 11902
相談役 そうだんやく (n) counselor; adviser 12005
城代 じょうだい (n) chamberlain; castle keeper 12899
代える かえる (v1) to exchange; to interchange; to substitute; to replace 13381
代走 だいそう (n) substitute runner 13417
一役 いちやく an office; an important office 13439
一役 ひとやく (n) a part to play 13439
助役 じょやく (n) assistant official 13543
男役 おとこやく (n) male part or role 13595
荷役 にえき (n) handling cargo; loading and unloading 13716
荷役 にやく (n) handling cargo; loading and unloading 13716
代言 だいげん (n) advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney 14126
配役 はいやく (n) cast (of a play) 14243
服役 ふくえき (n) penal servitude; military service 14784
当代 とうだい (n-adv,n-t) the present age; these days; (present) head of the family 14805
代議士 だいぎし (n) parliamentarian; member of a congress 14959
旧石器時代 きゅうせっきじだい (n) Old Stone Age; paleolithic 15546
使役 しえき (n,vs) employing; using; setting to work; enslavement 15679
敵役 かたきやく (n) role of the villain; the bad guy 15907
敵役 てきやく (n) role of the villain; the bad guy 15907
重役 おもやく (n) heavy responsibilities; director 16439
重役 じゅうやく (n) director; high executive 16439
端役 はやく (n) minor role 16546
前代未聞 ぜんだいみもん (n) unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history; record-breaking 17023
共役 きょうえき (math) conjugation 17058
永代 えいたい (n) permanence; eternity 17421
代議員 だいぎいん (n) representative; delegate 17590
身代わり みがわり (n) substitute (for); sacrifice (of, to); scapegoat (for) 17661
代入 だいにゅう (n) substitution 17756
一代 いちだい (n) a generation; lifetime; age 17858
後代 こうだい (n) posterity; future generations 18127
時代遅れ じだいおくれ (adj-na,n) old-fashioned 18155
代物 しろもの (n) thing; article; goods; fellow; affair 18267
代物 だいぶつ (n) substitute 18267
役回り やくまわり (n) role; part; (unpleasant) duty 18406
上代 じょうだい (n) ancient times 18728
参勤交代 さんきんこうたい (n) daimyo's alternating Edo residence 18793
君が代 きみがよ Imperial reign; title of Japanese national anthem 19403
万代 ばんだい (n-adv,n-t) thousands of years; eternity; all generations 19403
万代 まんだい (n-adv,n-t) thousands of years; eternity; all generations 19403
万代 よろずよ (n-adv,n-t) thousands of years; eternity; all generations 19403
役立てる やくだてる (v1) to put to use; to make use of; to turn to account 19693
代弁 だいべん (n,vs) pay by proxy; act for another; speak for another 19721
村役場 むらやくば (n) village office 20278
古生代 こせいだい (n) Paleozoic era 20782
名代 なだい (n) well-known; fame 21138
名代 みょうだい (n) proxy; representative 21138
中生代 ちゅうせいだい (n) Mesozoic era 21615
前代 ぜんだい (n) previous generation; former ages 21649
代る かわる (io) (v5r,vi) to take the place of; to relieve; to be substituted for; to be exchanged; to change places with; to take turns; to be replaced 21836
一代記 いちだいき (n) a biography 22570
軍役 ぐんえき (n) military service 22840
軍役 ぐんやく (n) military service 22840
地代 じだい (n) land rent 22992
地代 ちだい (n) land rent 22992
御代 みよ (n) imperial reign 23460
総代 そうだい (n) representative 23635
肩代わり かたがわり (n) shouldering another's debt 23686
代り かわり (n) substitute; deputy; proxy; alternate; relief; compensation; second helping 23966
夫役 ぶえき (n) slave labour; compulsory service; forced labor; exacted service 24217
夫役 ぶやく (n) slave labour; compulsory service; forced labor; exacted service 24217
新生代 しんせいだい (n) Cenozoic era 24551
労役 ろうえき (n) work; labor; toil 24915
代位 だいい (n) substitution 24980
稀代 きだい (adj-no) uncommon; rare 25286
代替わり だいかわり taking over (store or family's headship) 25286
顔役 かおやく (n) influential man; boss 25358
代価 だいか (n) price; cost; charge 26157
大役 たいやく (n) important task or role or duty 26398
代作 だいさく (n) ghost-writing 27241
花代 はなだい (n) price of flowers; fee for a woman's companionship 27521
雑役 ざつえき (n) chore; odd job 27521
師範代 しはんだい (n) assistant instructor 27703
新陳代謝 しんちんたいしゃ (n) renewal; replacement; metabolism 27901
累代 るいだい (n-t) successive generations 28391
同役 どうやく (n) colleague 28681
神代文字 じんだいもじ (n) ancient Japanese characters (regarded today as created at a much more recent date) 28866
手代 てだい (n) a sales clerk 29086
代筆 だいひつ (n) amanuensis 29190
代案 だいあん (n) alternate plan 30069
代議 だいぎ (n) representing others in a conference 30195
守役 もりやく (n) a nurse or nanny; guardian 30433