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先せん代だい

N1
せんだい sendai
  1. family predecessor
  2. previous age
  3. previous generation
noun

Chinese meanings

前任;上一代

Examples

  • 先代はいつでもにこにこしている人だったけど、今度のはどうもお天気屋でいかんね。
    The previous boss smiled all the time, but the current boss has somehow become moody.
    上一任总是笑眯眯的,但这位喜怒无常,真不行。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('6e73a8dba2'); // 先代
{
  "id": "6e73a8dba2",
  "word": "先代",
  "reading": "せんだい",
  "romaji": "sendai",
  "meanings": [
    "family predecessor",
    "previous age",
    "previous generation"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1388080,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "先代はいつでもにこにこしている人だったけど、今度のはどうもお天気屋でいかんね。",
      "en": "The previous boss smiled all the time, but the current boss has somehow become moody.",
      "tatoeba_id": 1225720
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "e1d48823f48b9c3fb004e8cfef64623dc2e00b291e4fc24b30d81ef19c0bb6b4",
    "meanings": [
      "前任",
      "上一代"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "先代はいつでもにこにこしている人だったけど、今度のはどうもお天気屋でいかんね。",
        "zh": "上一任总是笑眯眯的,但这位喜怒无常,真不行。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/6e73a8dba2",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1388080; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "2ff68f07e6932ca97b8e3ab6793733617483ff999c6b3c85627c544e777bd51c"
  }
}