Vocab Info
N2 Noun
代
substitution, material, price, margin (e.g. for stapling, etc.), area required for something, shiro (unit of land area equal to one-fiftieth of a tan; ~19.83 m.sq.)
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Pitch Accent
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Noun
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名詞
Examples
この飲み会の飲み代は一人三千円だ。
The cost for drinks at this party is 3,000 yen per person.
- N2
誘拐犯は娘の身の代を一千万円に設定しました。
The kidnapper set the ransom for my daughter at ten million yen.
- N2
図工の先生:「糊代の部分だけに糊をつけて下さい。」
Art Teacher: 'Please apply glue only to the part for the glue.'
- N2
家庭科の先生:「縫い代に沿ってミシンで丁寧に縫いましょう!」
Home Economics Teacher: 'Let's sew carefully along the seam allowance with a sewing machine!'
- N2
借金取りに借金の代として祖父の形見である腕時計を取られるところでした。
I almost had my grandfather's keepsake watch taken away by the debt collector as a replacement for the debt.
- N2
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