女じょ系けい

noun

female line; matrilineal

Refers to lineage traced through the female side, often used in discussions of inheritance, succession, or family trees.

• その家か系けいは女じょ系けいで受うけ継つがれてきた。

  The family line has been passed down through the female line.

• 女じょ系けい天皇てんのうの可か能のう性せいについて議ぎ論ろんが続つづいている。

  Debate continues about the possibility of a matrilineal emperor.