先祖代代

先祖代々

Reading

Kana: せんぞだいだい

Romaji: senzodaidai

Definition

noun

adj-no

1

ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation; passing from father to son

Note: yojijukugo

Kanji

先

Readings: セン、 さき、 ま.ず

Meanings: before, ahead, previous, future, precedence

祖

Reading: ソ

Meanings: ancestor, pioneer, founder

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