代表|だいひょうdaihyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbrepresentation; representative; delegate; delegation
   級友きゅうゆうを代表だいひょうしてお礼れいの言葉ことばを述のべさしていただきます。↗

   On behalf of my classmates, let me say a few words of thanks to you.

   我々われわれの代表だいひょうは新税しんぜいの計画けいかくに異論いろんを唱となえた。↗

   Our representative argued against the new tax plan.
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbexemplification; typification; being representative of; being typical of; representative example; exemplar; model
   モネの芸術げいじゅつは印象派いんしょうはを代表だいひょうしている。↗

   Monet's art is representative of Impressionism.
3. nounleader
4. nounswitchboard number; main number

• Synonym総代そうだいWrittenWritten word for the person representing everyone involved, as in 「卒業生総代」; used on set occasions like graduation ceremonies or for shrine parishioners.
• Synonym代表者だいひょうしゃNeutralRefers specifically to the person representing a group or many people, as in 「代表者名」; 「代表」 can also mean the act itself or a typical thing.
• Synonym代議員だいぎいんFormalFormal term for a delegate elected by members to attend meetings and take part in decisions, common in unions and party congresses; narrower than 「代表」.
• Related代理だいりNeutralActing in place of the person concerned, as in 「部長代理」; it stresses handling tasks for them, while 「代表」 stresses voicing the will of the whole.
• Related象徴しょうちょうNeutralA concrete thing that stands for something abstract, as in 「平和の象徴」; it never refers to a person representing a group.
• Related代人だいにんWrittenWritten word for someone acting in another's place, i.e. an agent; found in legal or old-style documents; say 「代理人」 in everyday speech.
• Related代理人だいりにんNeutralSomeone entrusted to act for another; in law, a person with the power of agency, such as a lawyer; 「代表」 stresses voicing the whole group's will.
• Related代表例だいひょうれいNeutralA typical example that best shows what a group or category is like; matches 「代表」 in its sense of a typical case or model.
• Related代理者だいりしゃNeutralSomeone who carries out another person's duties in their place; close to 「代理人」 but less common; unlike 「代表」, it carries no representative status.

Use 「代表」 for representing a group or being a typical example. 「代理」 is acting in someone's place, 「代理人」 the person entrusted to do so, and 「象徴」 a concrete symbol of something abstract. 「代表者」 names the person representing a group; 「総代」 and 「代議員」 are for formal, set occasions; 「代人」 is old written style; 「代理者」 is a rarer word close to 「代理人」; 「代表例」 is a typical example.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. 一部いちぶであるものが、全体ぜんたいをよくあらわしていること。また、そのもの。
2. 団体だんたいや多数たすうの人々ひとびと、あるいは一個人いっこじんに代かわってその意志いしを他ほかにのべること。また、そのひと、代表者だいひょうしゃ。
3. 法人ほうじんの事務じむに関かんして代表権だいひょうけんを有ゆうする者もの。cf.代理だいり。
4. 集団しゅうだんにおける技術ぎじゅつや能力のうりょくが特とくに優すぐれていることによって、選えらばれたひと。