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    3. 家督

    家督

    家か督とく

    heir

    KMT10News #47+1NounHistoryKanji Vocab23 strokes

    かとく

    Noun

    1.
    heir, successor
    2.
    family estate, family fortune, inheritance
    3.
    headship of a family
    historical term

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    長ちょう男なんが家か督とくを継ついだ。

    The eldest son inherited the family headship.

    KMT5HistoryFamily & Relationships
    彼かれは若わかくして家か督とくを譲ゆずられた。

    He was given the family headship at a young age.

    KMT10HistoryFamily & Relationships
    江え戸ど時じ代だい、家か督とく相そう続ぞくは家いえの存そん続ぞくにとって極きわめて重じゅう要ような問もん題だいであった。

    During the Edo period, family headship succession was an extremely important issue for the survival of the family.

    KMT10HistoryFamily & Relationships
    戦せん国ごく武ぶ将しょうたちは、家か督とくを巡めぐる争あらそいに明あけ暮くれた。

    Sengoku warlords spent their days embroiled in disputes over family headship.

    KMT10HistoryMilitary
    現げん代だいでは、家か督とくという概がい念ねんは薄うすれつつあるが、一いち部ぶの伝でん統とう的てきな家いえでは依い然ぜんとして重じゅう視しされている。

    In modern times, the concept of family headship is fading, but it is still valued in some traditional families.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    家
    いえ・や・うち…(7)
    house・home・family・professional・expert…(1)
    督
    coach・command・urge・lead・supervise
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