Meanings
also 世
- noun life; lifetime
- age; era; period; epoch; generation
- reign; rule
しろ
- noun substitution
- material
- price
- margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.); area required for something
- archaic shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; approx. 19.83 m.sq.)
だい
- noun, suffix charge; cost; price
- generation; age; (school) year; cohort; reign
- geology era
- after someone's name or title a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)
- used after a phone number switchboard number
- counter counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
- counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
- noun, abbreviation proxy application company
- abbreviation, used in dictionaries, etc. pronoun
Its kanji
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代
ダイ、タイ · か.わる、かわ.る、かわ.り、か.わり、-がわ.り、-が.わり、か.える、よ、しろ
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee