What does 代表 (daihyou | だいひょう) mean in Japanese?

	The Japanese word
	代表
	is pronounced
	daihyou \| だいひょう
	means
	representative, representation, delegation, type, example, model

	Examples:
	彼は党の代表に立てられた。 kare wa tō no daihyō ni tate rare ta. He was constituted representative of the party.
	我々は彼を代表に指名した。 wareware wa kare o daihyō ni shimei shi ta. We appointed him as our representative.
	彼を私たちの代表として選ぶ。 kare o watashi tachi no daihyō toshite erabu. We adopt him as our representative.
	彼はある意味で会社の代表である。 kare wa aru imi de kaisha no daihyō de aru. He is in a sense a representative of his company.
	その代表者は年次会議を欠席した。 sono daihyō sha wa nenji kaigi o kesseki shi ta. The representative was absent from the annual conference.
	モネの芸術は印象派を代表している。 mone no geijutsu wa inshōha o daihyō shi te iru. Monet's art is representative of Impressionism.
	彼はある意味で彼の会社の代表である。 kare wa aru imi de kare no kaisha no daihyō de aru. He is in a sense a representative of his company.
	学生全員が彼女を自分達の代表と認めた。 gakusei zenin ga kanojo o jibun tachi no daihyō to mitome ta. All the students recognized her as their representative.
	我々の代表は新税の計画に異論を唱えた。 wareware no daihyō wa shinzei no keikaku ni iron o tonae ta. Our representative argued against the new tax plan.
	日本代表は惜しくも予選敗退となりました。 nippon daihyō wa oshikumo yosen haitai to nari mashi ta. Regretfully, the Japanese representative was eliminated at the preliminary stage.
	彼はわが社の代表として会議に参加しました。 kare wa waga sha no daihyō toshite kaigi ni sanka shi mashi ta. He represented our company at the conference. \| He attended the meeting as our company representative.
	君の意見が他の生徒の意見を代表しているのかね。 kimi no iken ga ta no seito no iken o daihyō shi te iru no ka ne. Are your opinions representative of those of the other students?
	代表取締役は取締役の職務の執行を監督するものだ。 daihyō torishimariyaku wa torishimariyaku no shokumu no shikkō o kantoku suru mono da. The Representative Director supervises Directors' performance of duties.
	代表の人間が彼らの部署の誰であろうと、大切に扱え。 daihyō no ningen ga karera no busho no dare de aro u to, taisetsu ni atsukae. Whoever the representative is from their division, treat him well.
	私ね、運動会の「児童代表のあいさつ」に選ばれたの！ watashi ne, undōkai no ' jidō daihyō no aisatsu ' ni eraba re ta no! Me, I was selected to do the "children's representative speech" at sports day.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org