じょけい – Vocabulary details

じょけい

Noun

1. female line; matrilinear

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けい

woman; girl; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); feminine noun

system; lineage; corollary; system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period); (taxonomical) series; -type

matrilineal family; family dominated by women; matriarchal family

matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor descended from the imperial line through the maternal side

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