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父ちちは弟おとうとを嫡ちゃく子しに指し定ていした。

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father (humble)

弟おとうと

younger brother; little brother

noun

嫡ちゃく子し

heir; successor

direction, time, indirect object, or target marker

指し定てい

designation; specification; assignment

noun, suru verb

light/support verb with a noun or noun-like phrase

-> するgrammar

past tense or completed action