系図買い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
系 図 買
けい
Grade: 6 		ず
Grade: 2 		か
Grade: 2
kan'on goon kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
系圖買い (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) けーずかい [kèézúꜜkàì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞ːzɨka̠i]

Noun

系(けい)図(ず)買(か)い • (keizukai) ←けいづかひ (keidukafi)?

  1. (historical) pedigree buying: the purchase by a wealthy but non-noble individual of an aristocratic family's pedigree with the intention of claiming to be descended from the noble family
  2. (matchmaking) regarding a person's ancestry as more important than their character
  3. a person who engages in either practice
  4. alternative form of 窩主買い

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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