女系

じょけい【女系】

¶ → 女系親の

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じょけい【女系】

the female [maternal] line; the maternal [distaff] side 《of a family》. [⇒ぼけい¹]

●女系の matrilineal; on the female line; on the mother's [distaff] side.

●わが家は代々女系なの. Our family line is mostly female.

女系家族 a matrilineal family.

女系子孫 descendants in the female line.

女系親族 a relative on the maternal side [in the female line].