Meaning of 世代 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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世代JLPT 1
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Kana Readingせだい
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Romajisedai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- generation; the world; the age
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Example Sentences
世代, せだい used in context
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My contemporaries are, working, shopping, out and about, all the time.
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Culture is handed down from generation to generation.
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Culture is handed down from generation to generation.
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They have nothing in common with the older generation.
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They had to pass the tradition on to the next generation.
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彼らは、親の世代が彼らの年齢だった頃よりも十分に教育を受けているし、より健康で裕福でもある。
They are better educated, healthier and wealthier than their parents' generation was at their age.
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Kanji found in this word
substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
On: ダイ, タイ
Kun: か.わる, かわ.る, かわ.り, か.わり, -がわ.り, -が.わり, か.える, よ, しろ
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