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JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

歴れき代だい

rekidai

successive generations

Example sentences

  1. 今日きょうの土地問題とちもんだいは歴代れきだいの政府せいふの無策むさくによるものである。

    Today’s land problems are the product of years of neglect by successive governments.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 日本にっぽんの首相しゅしょうはくるくる変かわるので、歴代れきだいの首相しゅしょうの名前なまえがなかなか思おもい出だせない。

    Japan’s prime ministers change rapidly so I can’t really remember each of their names.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 歴代れきだい天皇てんのうおよび皇族こうぞくの霊れいを祀まつる。

    The spirits of successive Emperors and the Imperial family are enshrined here.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 歴代

  • 歴curriculum; continuationOnレキ・レッキ
  • 代substitute; changeOnダイ・タイKunかわる・かわる・かわり

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