嫡ちゃく女じょ

noun

eldest legitimate daughter

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、嫡女ちゃくじが家ょが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、大名家だいみょうけのちの嫡女ゃく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.