だい
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
Verb (する)
1. representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney; substitute; alternate; acting (principal, etc.)
Kanji used
substitute
logic
Pitch accent
いり
Top 6400
Composed of
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos
Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
war by proxy; proxy war
Examples (2 in total)
If you can't come, send someone in your stead.
The lawyer said he would speak on behalf of Mr. Smith.