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    3. 三代

    三代

    三さん代だい

    three generations

    KMT7News #17+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab8 strokes

    さんだい

    Noun

    1.
    three generations, three periods
    2.
    third generation

    Stroke 0 / 8

    Speed1.0x

    この家いえは三さん代だい続つづいています。

    This house has been passed down for three generations.

    KMT4Family & Relationships
    彼かれはその会かい社しゃの三さん代だ目いめ社しゃ長ちょうです。

    He is the third-generation president of that company.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsBusiness & Finance
    祖そ母ぼ、母はは、私わたしと、三さん代だいにわたる女じょ性せいがこの町まちに住すんでいます。

    My grandmother, mother, and I, three generations of women, live in this town.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    日に本ほんの歴れき史しには、三さん代だい将しょう軍ぐんという言こと葉ばがよく登とう場じょうします。

    In Japanese history, the term "third-generation shogun" often appears.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions
    この伝でん統とう工こう芸げいは、三さん代だいにわたって技ぎ術じゅつが受うけ継つがれてきました。

    This traditional craft has had its techniques passed down for three generations.

    KMT8Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    三
    み・み.つ・みっ.つ…(17)
    three
    代
    か.わる・かわ.る・かわ.り・か.わり・-がわ.り・-が.わり…(6)
    substitute・change・convert・replace・period…(6)
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