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Japanese word 代理: proxy / representative / agent. Meanings and example sentences.

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代理 (だいり): meaning and examples

Key takeaways

代理 (だいり) means proxy / representative / agent.

See example sentences below.

代理 at a glance

代理
だいりdairi
N3noun
proxy / representative / agent
代理だいりdairiN3Japanese vocabulary

Core meaning of 代理

Core meaning

proxy / representative / agent

Basic example sentences

Example 1

彼は社長の代理で会議に出た。

Translation

He attended the meeting as the president's proxy.

Example 2

代理で仕事をすることになった。

Translation

I ended up working as a substitute.

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