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.
Kanji used
substitute
Pitch accent
Top 1300
Used in vocabulary (195 in total)
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
previous generation (e.g. one's parents); family predecessor; predecessor; previous age
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
age; era; period; date
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
local governor (Edo period); local magistrate; bailiff; deputy official (middle ages); acting administrator
the same generation; coeval
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
nth generation; nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president)
successive generations; successive emperors
ancient time; age of the gods
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
the next era
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
generation; lifetime; age
substitution
earnings from a part-time job
the present age; these days; (present) head of the family
three generations; three periods; third generation
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
Five Dynasties (of China; 907-979)
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
land rent
land rent
the teens (10-19); teenage; the tenth generation
sales clerk
assistant instructor
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
chamberlain; castle keeper
parliamentarian; member of a congress
writing on someone's behalf
forever; in perpetuity
representative
the same age; same period
alternate plan
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
uncommon; rare; extraordinary; matchless
cost of a meal (or meals)
pinch-hitting
electric utility expense
previous generation; former ages
Taishō period (1912-1926); Taisho period
acting shugo (Kamakura or Muromachi period military governor)
charge for medicine
overtime pay; overtime money; overtime payment
yakuza coat of arms
drink money; drinking money
answer a roll call for another
ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price
ancient times (e.g. Heian and Nara periods in Japan); remote ages; early history; (nominal) retail price
long era; ages; eternity
algebra; number of generations (e.g. in imperial succession)
transportation expenses; travel expenses; fare (train, taxi, etc.)
telephone bill; telephone rate
cost of a ticket; price of a ticket
venue cost; venue fee
surgery costs (fees)
glorious reign; enlightened era
brigadier general; commodore
price of a flower; fee for a geisha's companionship
one's parents' generation
successive generations
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
thousands of years; eternity; all generations
thousands of years; eternity; all generations
gasoline (money); petrol (cost)
rent; cover charge
successive generations
ghost-writing
the n-th generation head of a family
representative; delegate
Tang period (China; 618-907); Tang era
visiting a temple for another
representing others in a conference
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
carfare; cartage fee; honorarium
Han dynasty (China, 202 BCE-220 CE)
room rent
substitute; deputy; proxy; representative; agent
amanuensis; scribe
Song dynasty (China, 960-1279); Sung dynasty
substitute runner
subrogation; substitution
well-known; fame
money for books
Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)
loaner vehicle (e.g. from a garage which is repairing one's vehicle)
fee charged at a public bath
cash on delivery; COD
cash on delivery; COD
the eighties (age, years, etc.)
algebraic expression
free of charge
substitute land
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
taking turns; relieving the guard
to change hands; to be succeeded
magnificent imperial reign
substitute lecturing; substitute lecturer
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
advocacy; pleading by proxy; speaking for another; attorney
cost for leasing
main telephone number
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
time charge for a geisha
money to see one over the New Year period
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
tooling cost; mold price
Collections of the Twenty-One Eras; twenty-one collections of waka compiled by imperial command (early Heian to early Muromachi)
fee paid for the services of a geisha or prostitute
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
(mobile broadband) data cost
money brought to a funeral; incense money; fee for a geisha's time
execution by proxy; subrogation (of administrative acts)
lady's pin money; cosmetics expense
assisting town official (Edo period)
assisting town official (Edo period)
substitute; placeholder
agency; acting official
deputy estate steward; deputy jitō
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912); Ch'ing dynasty; Manchu dynasty
substitute article
decade (of age); the ...ties
replacement warship
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of)
the present era
substitute priest
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)
payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; paying on behalf (of); acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
drink money; drinking money
fee paid for space (e.g. for a stall)
grand kagura performance at Ise; type of performance including the lion dance and juggling; Camellia japonica 'Daikagura' (cultivar of Japanese camellia)
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
praying by proxy; applying by proxy
signing by proxy
pro-verb (e.g. "to do")
waiting in place of someone else
goodwill; intangible assets (part of the acquisition price of a business paid for the name and reputation of the company rather than tangible assets)
substitute kanji; jōyō kanji used in place of a non-jōyō kanji
National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC
one who offers prayer in place of another
wholesale price
algebraic variety; locus defined by polynomial equations
Cryptozoic (period)
legal representative; legal guardian
relative pronoun
(mobile broadband) data cost
Hadean; Hadean eon
seven generations of celestial deities
points awarded for scoring combinations
bill for article
Archaeozoic (Archeozoic) Era
shelf space rent; shelf space fee
sign for another
Russian false yellow lupine (Thermopsis lupinoides)
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.