世代

Noun

 * 1)  era; age; period; epoch

Adverb

 * 1)  over the course of several generations; from generation to generation; down through the generations; through successive generations

Verb

 * 1)  to pass on from one generation to the next

Etymology
Ultimately from. First appears in the early 1500s.

Noun

 * 1) generation

Derived terms

 * (sedaikan): intergenerational
 * (sedai kanri): generation management
 * (sedai kōtai): alternation of generations
 * (sedaikan rinri): intergenerational ethics
 * (isedai): intergenerational, of different generations
 * (shinsedai): new-generation
 * (jisedai): next generation
 * (dōsedai): same generation, one's generation
 * (isedaikan): intergenerational
 * (jisedai keitai denwa): next-generation mobile phone
 * (shinsedai konpyūta kaihatsu kikō): ICOT
 * (shinsedai konpyūta gijutsu kaihatsu kikō): The Institute for New Generation Computer Technology
 * (gen'eki sedai): working generation, people still working
 * (shirakesedai): generation of young people apathetic about social issues
 * (dankai sedai): the babyboomers, the baby boom generation
 * (daigo sedai konpyūta): Fifth Generation Computer System
 * (daigo sedai konpyūtā): the fifth generation computer
 * (daiyon sedai gengo): fourth generation language
 * (sōtai sedai bangō): relative generation number
 * (dankai no sedai): baby boom generation