だい

sedai
Common N3 noun

Translations

1. generation
2. age

Notes

The term '世代' is often used in sociological contexts to discuss differences or characteristics of people born and living at about the same time, regarded collectively.

Examples

新しいだいしゃかいを変えていく。

Atarashii sedai ga shakai o kaete iku.

A new generation is changing society.

彼はそのだいだいひょう的なじんぶつだ。

Kare wa sono sedai no daihyō-teki na jinbutsu da.

He is a representative figure of that generation.

だい間のギャップを埋めることはじゅうようだ。

Sedaikan no gyappu o umeru koto wa jūyō da.

Bridging the generation gap is important.