末 裔(まつえい)

まつえい

noun

descendant (distant)

formalfamily history

1. descendant; scion

A descendant of a notable family, clan, or people, typically many generations removed.

王家(おうけ)の末裔(まつえい)。

A descendant of the royal family.

彼(かれ)は武士(ぶし)の末裔(まつえい)だそうだ。

They say he is descended from samurai.

この村(むら)には、戦(たたか)いに敗(やぶ)れた平家(へいけ)の末裔(まつえい)が住(す)み着(つ)いたという伝説(でんせつ)がある。

There is a legend that descendants of the defeated Heike clan settled in this village.

Common collocations

〜の末裔(まつえい): a descendant of ~
〜の末裔(まつえい)にあたる: to be a descendant of ~

Similar words

子孫(しそん): descendants, offspring; the general word, for any generation including one's own future children (子孫(しそん)に残(のこ)す). 末裔(まつえい) is literary and points back from the present to a famous line far in the past.

Related Words

Compare: 子孫(しそん) (descendants, offspring)

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