系図買い

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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 (Nakadaka – )^[1]
IPA^(key):

Noun

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

(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
(matchmaking) regarding a person's ancestry as more important than their character
a person who engages in either practice
Alternative form of 窩主買い

References

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

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