Word Meaning 譜代

ふだい fudai

譜代 is read as ふだい (fudai) and means hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara.

Meaning

English

  1. hereditary daimyo whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara
  2. successive generations

Reading

Kana

ふだい

Romaji

fudai

Writing Variants

  • 譜第 ふだい fudai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Rank 121369 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

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譜代大名

ふだいだいみょう

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

譜代相伝

ふだいそうでん

hereditary succession

譜面

ふめん

sheet music

record of a game of go, shogi, chess, etc.

譜面台

ふめんだい

music stand

譜本

ふほん

book of traditional Japanese music

旧石器時代

きゅうせっきじだい

Paleolithic

石器時代

せっきじだい

Stone Age

江戸時代

えどじだい

Edo period (1603-1868)

氏子総代

うじこそうだい

parishioner representative

正統カリフ時代

せいとうかりふじだい

Rashidun period (period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs; 632-661 CE)

昭和時代

しょうわじだい

Shōwa period (1926-1989)