嫡男

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ちゃく
Grade: S
なん
Grade: 1
on’yomi

Etymology

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By surface analysis, (chaku, legitimate wife) +‎ (nan, son), literally legitimate wife's son.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(ちゃく)(なん) (chakunan

  1. oldest legitimate son
    清盛(きよもり)嫡男(ちゃくなん)たるによって、(その)(あと)をつぐ。
    Kiyomori chakunan taru ni yotte, sono ato o tsugu.
    As Kiyomori was the first legitimate son, he inherited that stead.
    • 1330, 平家物語 [The Tale of the Heike / Heike Monogatari]:

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN