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代理

JLPT N3 · Vocabulary

代理 — “agency, proxy, acting (on behalf of)”

代理 (read だいり) means agency, proxy, acting (on behalf of). It appears on the JLPT N3 vocabulary list and is a noun.

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だいり

Meaning

agency, proxy, acting (on behalf of)

代理 in a sentence

社長しゃちょうの代理だいりで出席しゅっせきする。

To attend as the president's proxy.

The kanji in 代理

代substitute; era; price
理logic, principle

Words that share a kanji with 代理

時代じだい— era, period, age
〜代〜だい— charge, fee; era, decade (suffix)
代わりかわり— substitute, replacement, instead of
近代きんだい— modern times, the modern era
現代げんだい— the present age, modern times
代金だいきん— price, cost, charge (for goods)
代表だいひょう— representative, representation
年代ねんだい— era, decade, generation, period

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