嫡ちゃく々ちゃく

noun

legitimate family succession; direct lineage

Formal or literary term referring to the unbroken, legitimate line of descent within a family, especially in contexts of inheritance or succession.

• この家いえは嫡ちゃく々ちゃくと続つづいてきた名めい門もんだ。

  This family is a prestigious house that has continued through legitimate succession.

• 嫡ちゃく々ちゃくの血ち筋すじを重おもんじる伝でん統とうがある。

  There is a tradition of valuing the direct family lineage.