Meaning of だい in Japanese

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Definition of だい

  1. (n, n-suf) stand; rack; table

    この台の上に花瓶を置いてはいけません。
    Please don't place a vase on this stand.

  2. support
  3. belt
  4. (ctr) counter for machines, incl. vehicles

    2台のオートバイを比較するべきだ。
    You should compare the two motorcycles.

  5. (n) setting (e.g. in jewellery)
  6. (n, n-suf, ctr) level (e.g. price level); range (e.g. after physical units); period (of time, e.g. a decade of one's life) →Related words: ,
  1. (n, pref) ordinal

    まず第1にこの仕事を終えなくてはいけない。
    I must finish this work first.

  1. (n) title; subject; theme; topic

    「友情」という題で作文を書きなさい。
    Write an essay on "Friendship".

  2. problem (on a test); question
  3. (n-suf, ctr) counter for questions (on a test)

    先生は私達に宿題として10題の問題を割り当てた。
    The teacher assigned us ten problems for homework.

  1. (n, n-suf) charge; cost; price
  2. generation; age; reign →Related words:
  3. (geol) era
  4. (after someone's name or title) a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone)
  5. used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number →Related words: 代表電話番号
  6. (ctr) counter for decades of ages, eras, etc. →Related words:
  7. counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
  8. proxy application company →Related words: 代理申請会社
  9. (n) pronoun →Related words: 代名詞
  1. (pref) the large part of
  2. big; large; great
  3. (suf) approximate size; no larger than
  4. -university →Related words: 大学
  5. (n) large (e.g. serving size); loud (e.g. volume setting)
だい(dai)
  1. (prt) marks wh-question (what, where, who)
  2. strengthens one's judgment or conclusion

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