世代
Chinese
life; age; generation life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime |
substitute; replace; generation substitute; replace; generation; dynasty; geological era; era; age; period | ||
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simp. and trad. (世代) |
世 | 代 |
Pronunciation
Synonyms
Adverb
世代
- (literary) over the course of several generations; from generation to generation; down through the generations; through successive generations
Synonyms
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |
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世 | 代 |
せ Grade: 3 |
だい Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Ultimately from Middle Chinese 世代 (MC syejH dojH). First appears in the early 1500s.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
世代 • (sedai)
- generation
- 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
- そして、新たな世代が出現した。
- Soshite, arata na sedai ga shutsugen shita.
- And so a new generation has emerged.
- そして、新たな世代が出現した。
- 2011, Barack Obama, 中東と北アフリカに関するバラク・オバマの演説, translation of "Remarks by the President on the Middle East and North Africa":
Derived terms
Derived terms
- 世代間 (sedaikan): intergenerational
- 世代管理 (sedai kanri): generation management
- 世代交代 (sedai kōtai): alternation of generations
- 世代間倫理 (sedaikan rinri): intergenerational ethics
- 異世代 (isedai): intergenerational, of different generations
- 新世代 (shinsedai): new-generation
- 次世代 (jisedai): next generation
- 同世代 (dōsedai): same generation, one's generation
- 異世代間 (isedaikan): intergenerational
- 次世代携帯電話 (jisedai keitai denwa): next-generation mobile phone
- 新世代コンピュータ開発機構 (shinsedai konpyūta kaihatsu kikō): ICOT
- 新世代コンピュータ技術開発機構 (shinsedai konpyūta gijutsu kaihatsu kikō): The Institute for New Generation Computer Technology
- 現役世代 (gen'eki sedai): working generation, people still working
- 白け世代 (shirakesedai): generation of young people apathetic about social issues
- 団塊世代 (dankai sedai): the babyboomers, the baby boom generation
- 第5世代コンピュータ (daigo sedai konpyūta): Fifth Generation Computer System
- 第5世代コンピューター (daigo sedai konpyūtā): the fifth generation computer
- 第4世代言語 (daiyon sedai gengo): fourth generation language
- 相対世代番号 (sōtai sedai bangō): relative generation number
- 団塊の世代 (dankai no sedai): baby boom generation
References
- Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
- Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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