Word Meaning 歴代

れきだい rekidai

歴代 is read as れきだい (rekidai) and means successive generations.

Meaning

English

  1. successive generations
  2. successive emperors

Reading

Kana

れきだい

Romaji

rekidai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 10796 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

歴史時代

れきしじだい

historical times

歴代史

れきだいし

chronicles

歴代誌上

れきだいしじょう

Chronicles I (book of the Bible)

歴代誌下

れきだいしか

Chronicles II (book of the Bible)

歴代志

れきだいし

The Chronicles (books of the Bible)

歴史的

れきしてき

historic

歴史

れきし

history

歴任

れきにん

successive jobs

歴訪

れきほう

round of calls

歴然

れきぜん

evident

歴戦

れきせん

long military service

歴程

れきてい

a route or passage

Example Sentences

1

Japan's prime ministers change rapidly so I can't really remember each of their names.