初代(しょだい)

しょだい
noun
first generation, founder
1. first generation, founder, first (in a line)
The first person in a succession or lineage, such as the first leader, first head of a family business, or the original version of something.
初代(しょだい)大統領(だいとうりょう)はワシントンだ。
The first president was Washington.
初代(しょだい)のオーナーがこの店(みせ)を開(ひら)いた。
The original owner opened this shop.
この旅館(りょかん)は初代(しょだい)から数(かぞ)えて五代目(ごだいめ)の主人(しゅじん)が営(いとな)んでいる。
This inn is run by the fifth-generation owner, counting from the founder.

Used as a prefix before titles or roles to indicate the first holder: 初代(しょだい) + title. Subsequent generations use 二代目(にだいめ) (second generation), 三代目(さんだいめ) (third generation), etc.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 初代(しょだい)会長(かいちょう) (first chairman)
  • 初代(しょだい)社長(しゃちょう) (founding president)
  • 初代(しょだい)チャンピオン (first champion)
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