noun

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

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
譜代 ふだい
譜第 ふだい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

musical score, music, note
 (9th, N1)
say, word
い.う こと ゲン (2nd, N4)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
mouth
くち コウ ク (1st, N4)
universal, wide(ly), generally
フ あまね.く あまねし (7th, N2)
row, and, besides
なら.べる なみ な.み (6th, N2)
grass, straw, herbs
to divide
business(業) variant
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン シ ジョ
day, sun, Japan
ひ にっ ニチ (1st, N5)
substitute, change, convert
ダイ か.わる よ (3rd, N4)
human radical (no. 9)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク いぐるみ (Kentei 1)