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Japanese
Etymology
By surface analysis, 嫡 (chaku, “legitimate wife”) + 男 (nan, “son”), literally “legitimate wife's son”.
Pronunciation
Noun
嫡男 • (chakunan)
- oldest legitimate son
- 清盛嫡男たるによって、其跡をつぐ。
- Kiyomori chakunan taru ni yotte, sono ato o tsugu.
- As Kiyomori was the first legitimate son, he inherited that stead.
Hypernyms
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN