上代

Chinese
 
up; on; on top
up; on; on top; upon; first; previous or last; upper; higher; above; previous; to climb; to go into; to go up
 
substitute; replace; generation
substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period
simp. and trad.
(上代)		 上 代

Pronunciation

Noun

上代

  1. previous generation; former generations

Synonyms

Japanese
Kanji in this term
上 代
じょう
Grade: 1		 だい
Grade: 3
goon

Pronunciation

Noun

上(じょう)代(だい) • (jōdai) ←じやうだい (zyaudai)?

  1. ancient times
    1. (history, especially literary history and historical linguistics) a period in Japanese history, usually the Nara period (corresponding to Old Japanese)
      Synonym: 奈良時代 (Nara jidai)
  2. (nominal) retail price

Derived terms

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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