What does 初代 mean?
初代 is a Japanese noun meaning “first generation; founder” in English. It is written as 初代 in kanji, しょだい in hiragana, and shodai in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N1 vocabulary.
Example sentence
それはアメリカの初代大統領にちなんで名づけられた。
It was named after the first American president.