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JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

世せ代だい

sedai

generation

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれらの間まには世代せだいの断絶だんぜつがある。

    There is a generation gap between them.

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  2. 君きみたちは次つぎの世代せだいの人間にんげんだ。

    You belong to the next generation.

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  3. 私わたしの両親りょうしんの世代せだいは戦争せんそうを体験たいけんしていた。

    My parents' generation went through the war.

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Kanji in 世代

  • 世generation; worldOnセイ・セ・ソウKunよ
  • 代substitute; changeOnダイ・タイKunかわる・かわる・かわり

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