How to say "pedigree" in Japanese

• 血統けっとうCommon
  nounThe bloodline itself: hereditary descent from ancestors. This is the word for the pedigree of breeding animals, and for a family's or person's blood lineage and birth.
  その作家さっかはギリシャの王家おうけの血統けっとうを引ひいていた。↗

  The writer was descended from the Greek royal family.
• 系図けいずCommon
  nounPedigree as a family tree: the chart or record showing how family members descend from one another. Use it when 'pedigree' means the diagram or documented genealogy, not the bloodline itself.
  徳川とくがわ家かの系図けいずを列挙れっきょしなさい。↗

  Recite the names of the members of the Tokugawa clan.
• 由緒ゆいしょCommon
  nounEmphasizes a distinguished, time-honored history: the pedigree of an old family or historic establishment. For a plain line of descent, or for animals, this is not the word you want.
• 家筋いえすじCommon
  nounThe family line or stock a person comes from — pedigree as family background. Suited to talk of someone's descent and whether their family is considered good or not.
• 系譜けいふCommon
  nounGenealogy in a broad sense: the line of descent and its record at once, overlapping with both 血統 and 系図. It can also trace the descent of traditions or styles, not only families.

For pedigree as bloodline, including breeding animals, use 血統; for a family-tree chart or record, 系図; for broad genealogy or lineage, 系譜; for a person's family stock, 家筋; and for a distinguished, time-honored history, 由緒.

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• 血統けっとうlineage
• 系図けいずfamily tree
• 由緒ゆいしょhistory
• 家筋いえすじlineage
• 系譜けいふgenealogy
• 家柄いえがらsocial standing of a family
• 家譜かふpedigree
• 門閥もんばつlineage
• 筋縄すじなわlineage
• 筋目すじめlineage
• ブリードbreeding