- 代わる — to substitute
- 時代 — era, period
- 代表 — representative
- 交代 — alternation, change
- 代金 — price, payment
- 現代 — modern times
The kanji 代 combines 亻 (person) and 弋 (a phonetic element). It originally meant a person taking someone else's place, and now covers meanings like substitution, generation, or cost.
彼が 私の代りに行きました。
He went in my place.
この時代は 情報が 力です。
In this era, information is power.
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