- 時代【じだい】 - period, epoch, era, age, the times, those days, oldness, ancientness, antiquity, antique, period piece 
- 代表【だいひょう】 - representation, representative, delegate, delegation, exemplification, typification, being representative of, being typical of, representative example, exemplar, model, leader, switchboard number, main number 
- 年代【ねんだい】 - age, era, period, date 
- 代わり【かわり】 - substitute, replacement, substituting, replacing, stand-in, proxy, alternate, deputy, relief, successor, compensation, exchange, return, another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, upcoming program, upcoming programme 
- 代わりに【かわりに】 - instead of, in place of, as a substitute for, in exchange for, in return for, to make up for 
- 世代【せだい】 - generation, the world, the age 
- 交代【こうたい】 - alternation, change, relief, relay, shift, substitution (sports, etc.), taking turns 
- 代わり【がわり】 - substitute for ... 
- 代理【だいり】 - representation, agency, proxy, proxy, agent, representative, deputy, substitute, surrogate, stand-in 
- 現代【げんだい】 - present age, present day, today, modern era, modern times 
- 代償【だいしょう】 - compensation, reparation, indemnification, price (of achieving a goal), cost, paying compensation on someone's behalf, compensation, compensation, substitution 
- 代目【だいめ】 - nth generation, nth (person to occupy a position, e.g. president) 
- 古代【こだい】 - ancient times, distant past, antiquity 
- 千代【ちよ】 - thousand years, very long period, forever 
- その代わり【そのかわり】 - instead, but (on the other hand) 
- お代わり【おかわり】 - another helping, second helping, seconds, refill, command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand 
- 代金【だいきん】 - price, cost, charge, payment, bill, fee 
- 代理人【だいりにん】 - proxy, agent, substitute, deputy, alternate, representative, attorney 
- 代役【だいやく】 - substitute (actor), stand-in, fill-in, understudy, double 
- 代行【だいこう】 - acting as agent, acting on (someone's) behalf, executing business for