だい
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. charge; cost; price
2. generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign
3. era
4. a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)
after someone's name or title
5. switchboard number
used after a phone number
Counter
6. counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
7. counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
8. proxy application company
Noun
Abbreviation
9. pronoun
used in dictionaries, etc.
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (183 in total)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
forever; in perpetuity
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
pinch-hitting
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
yakuza coat of arms
visiting a temple for another
successive generations
taking turns; relieving the guard
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
rent; cover charge
alternate plan
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
generation; lifetime; age
ghost-writing
writing on someone's behalf
ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
substitute; deputy; proxy; representative; agent
substitute runner
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
well-known; fame
praying by proxy; applying by proxy
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
previous generation; former ages
answer a roll call for another
algebra; number of generations (e.g. in imperial succession)
signing by proxy
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
substitution
acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
amanuensis; scribe
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
age; era; period; date
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
successive generations; successive emperors
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
three generations; three periods; third generation
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
thousands of years; eternity; all generations
tooling cost; mold price
waiting in place of someone else
pro-verb (e.g. "to do")
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
one's twenties
the same generation; coeval
ancient time; age of the gods
the next era
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
earnings from a part-time job
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
land rent
land rent
sales clerk
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
assistant instructor
chamberlain; castle keeper
parliamentarian; member of a congress
representative
the same age; same period
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
cost of a meal (or meals)
electric utility expense
cost of repairs
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
charge for medicine
overtime pay; overtime money; overtime payment
room rent
drink money; drinking money
long era; ages; eternity
(nominal) retail price
venue cost; venue fee
transportation expenses; travel expenses; fare (train, taxi, etc.)
telephone bill; telephone rate
cost of a ticket; price of a ticket
surgery costs (fees)
medical fees
glorious reign; enlightened era
brigadier general; commodore
price of a flower; fee for a geisha's companionship
one's parents' generation
thousands of years; eternity; all generations
successive generations
gasoline (money); petrol (cost)
gas bill
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
the n-th generation head of a family
representative; delegate
carfare; cartage fee; honorarium
Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE)
room rent
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty
subrogation; substitution
ticket price
fee charged at a public bath
money for books
cash on delivery; COD
cash on delivery; COD
loaner vehicle (e.g. from a garage which is repairing one's vehicle)
the eighties (age, years, etc.)
algebraic expression
substitute land
free of charge
lunch money
to change hands; to be succeeded
magnificent imperial reign
substitute lecturing; substitute lecturer
laundry charges
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
cost for leasing
main telephone number
Cenozoic era
time charge for a geisha
money to see one over the New Year period
Collections of the Twenty-One Eras; twenty-one collections of waka compiled by imperial command (early Heian to early Muromachi)
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
money brought to a funeral; incense money; fee for a geisha's time
(mobile broadband) data cost
execution by proxy; subrogation (of administrative acts)
lady's pin money; cosmetics expense
assisting town official (Edo period)
assisting town official (Edo period)
agency; acting official
representing others in a conference
substitute; placeholder
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
deputy estate steward; deputy jitō
replacement warship
substitute article
decade (of age); the ...ties
the present era
substitute priest
a notice
magazine's price
goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)
Proterozoic era
one who offers prayer in place of another
sign for another
pinch hitter
substitute
Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
legal representative; legal guardian
seven generations of celestial deities
relative pronoun
algebraic theory
pronominal verb
godparent
algebraic variety; locus defined by polynomial equations
Phanerozoic
godchild
bill for article
Hadean; Hadean eon
wholesale price
shelf space rent; shelf space fee
National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC
Cryptozoic (period)
(mobile broadband) data cost
points awarded for scoring combinations
draft (of a document)
Examples (26 in total)
The bus fare was raised.
How much did the flight cost?
The price does not include the box.