Word Meaning 身代
しんだい
shindai
身代 is read as しんだい (shindai) and means fortune.
Meaning
English
- fortune
- property
Reading
Kana
しんだい
Romaji
shindai
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3そのハイジャック犯は２００万ドルの身代金を要求した。
The hijacker demanded a ransom of two million dollars.
誰が彼の身代わりに行かされるのか、さっぱりわからない。
There is no telling who will be sent in his place.
幼少の時、父が死んで、その弟が、時代の衰勢と、自分の怠惰とから、すっかり、身代をつぶしてしまったらしく、後に、筆墨行商人になって、私の家へ、よく来たが、くると、母に叱られて、よわっていた。
When I was very young, my father died. His younger brother, due to the vicissitudes of the times and to his own laziness, dissipated his own fortune and afterwards became a peddler of writing materials. He often came to our house, but when he came, my mother would scold him and he would be troubled.