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代理 (だいり): representation, proxy, deputy — Japanese vocabulary

代理 is read だいり and means "representation, proxy, deputy". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

代理

Reading
だいり · dairi
Translation
representation, proxy, deputy
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
だいりが

Example

私が不在の時は彼が私の代理です。

わたしがふざいのときはかれがわたしのだいりです。

He will be my deputy while I am away.

Kanji in this word

  • 代 — Substitute, Change, Convert
  • 理 — reason, logic

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