- ふだい
- ふだい【譜代・譜第】successive generations; 〔代々の臣下〕 a hereditary vassal.~の hereditary.譜代相伝 hereditary succession.譜代(の)大名 a daimyo in hereditary vassalage to the Tokugawas; a daimyo from one of the clans which originally supported the Tokugawa (and continued in hereditary vassalage).
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.