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    3. 嫡子

    嫡子

    嫡ちゃく子し

    heir

    KMT10News #46+1Ref L2NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab17 strokes

    ちゃくし

    Noun

    1.
    heir
    2.
    legitimate child

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    彼かれはその家いえの嫡ちゃく子しである。

    He is the legitimate child of that family.

    KMT8Family & Relationships
    嫡ちゃく子しが家か督とくを継つぐのが伝でん統とうだった。

    It was tradition for the legitimate child to inherit the family headship.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions
    嫡ちゃく子し制せい度どは、日に本ほんの歴れき史しにおいて重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたしてきた。

    The legitimate child system has played an important role in Japanese history.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsHistoryCulture & Traditions
    彼かれは嫡ちゃく子しとして、幼おさない頃ころから厳きびしい教きょう育いくを受うけた。

    As the legitimate child, he received a strict education from a young age.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEducation
    戦せん国ごく時じ代だい、嫡ちゃく子しの出しゅっ生しょうは家いえ存そん続ぞくの鍵かぎだった。

    During the Sengoku period, the birth of a legitimate child was key to the family's survival.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    嫡
    legitimate wife・direct descent (non-bastard)
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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