嫡ちゃく女じょ

also: ちゃくにょ

Meanings

1

eldest legitimate daughter

archaic

Archaic term referring to the eldest daughter born to a legal wife, as opposed to a concubine. Used in historical or literary contexts.

江え戸ど時じ代だいの武ぶ家けでは、嫡ちゃく女じょが家いえを継つぐこともあった。
In samurai families of the Edo period, the eldest legitimate daughter sometimes succeeded the household.
この物もの語がたりの主しゅ人じん公こうは、大だい名みょう家けの嫡ちゃく女じょとして生うまれた。
The protagonist of this story was born as the eldest legitimate daughter of a daimyo family.