代だい当とう主しゅ

suffix

n-th generation head of a family

Suffix attached to a number or generation counter to indicate the ordinal head of a family or clan. Used in historical or formal contexts.

See also: 代 (だい) · 当主

• 彼かれは五ご代だい当とう主しゅとして家いえを守まもった。

  He protected the family as the fifth-generation head.

• この家か系けいの三さん代だい当とう主しゅは有ゆう名めいな学がく者しゃだった。

  The third-generation head of this lineage was a famous scholar.