Gender Feminine
Usage Japanese
Meaning & History
From Japanese 信 (nobu) meaning "trust", 延 (nobu) meaning "prolong, stretch" combined with 代 (tai, dai, ka.eru, ka.waru, kawa.ru, -gawa.ri, -ga.wari, shiro, yo) meaning "age, change, generation, period, replace, substitute" or 世 (se, sei, sou, sanjuu, yo) meaning "generation, public, society, world"