女長

English translation: Perhaps "first daughter"

00:29 Mar 3, 2004

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Japanese term or phrase: 女長

This term is related to a family registry. It lists the father and mother's name and under both of them, not divided by a line, in this term.

Douglas Varenas KudoZ activity Questions: 14 (1 open) Answers: 0
Local time: 03:16

English translation:Perhaps "first daughter"

Explanation:
It might be a typo, or a register one like the one I did last month, where the form used right-to-left even in the occasional non-vertial lines typed on it.

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Note added at 6 mins (2004-03-03 00:35:36 GMT)
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vertial ==> vertical (typo= inadvertent reversal)

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Evan GEISINGER
United States
Local time: 03:16

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Thanks Evan, you helped me out last time as well. This is my first register. Have a great day.
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Perhaps "first daughter"

Evan GEISINGER

2 +1

first [first-born] daughter

jsl (X)

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女長

Perhaps "first daughter"

Evan GEISINGER
United States
Local time: 03:16
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PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Thanks Evan, you helped me out last time as well. This is my first register. Have a great day.

9 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

first [first-born] daughter

Explanation:
I do not know how this is written, but, if this registry is written vertically, "長女" may be written as "女長" in horizontal one-line space from right to left. If Japanese is written vertically, lines are from right to left, and this direction was the same in older times when it was written horizontally. The way "長女" is written from right to left may be reminiscent of the old tradition.

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Note added at 2004-03-03 00:46:58 (GMT) Post-grading
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Please refer to the following PDF files. ¥"長女¥" and ¥"長男¥" appear as ¥"女長¥" and ¥"男長¥", respectively:

http://www.city.okayama.okayama.jp/hishokouhou/ kouhou/hiroba/2003/pdf200308/14..pdf
http://www.town.tashiro.kagoshima.jp/ tashiro01/form/0401-08.pdf

jsl (X)
Local time: 19:16

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