譜代

譜第

Reading

Kana: ふだい

Romaji: fudai

Definitions

noun

1

successive generations

2

hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

Note: abbreviation

See also: 譜代大名

Kanji

譜

Reading: フ

Meanings: musical score, music, note, staff, table, genealogy

代

Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ

Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

第

Readings: ダイ、 テイ

Meanings: No., residence