長女(ちょうじょ)

Compound of 長(ちょう) (eldest/senior) + 女(じょ) (daughter/female).

Birth order terms in Japanese:

• 長女(ちょうじょ) (eldest daughter), 次女(じじょ) (second daughter), 三女(さんじょ) (third daughter)
• 長男(ちょうなん) (eldest son), 次男(じなん) (second son), 三男(さんなん) (third son)

Common collocations

• 長女(ちょうじょ)として (as the eldest daughter)
• 長女(ちょうじょ)が生(う)まれる (the first daughter is born)

Usage

In conversation, people also say 上(うえ)の娘(むすめ) (older daughter) or 一番上(いちばんうえ)の娘(むすめ) instead. 長女(ちょうじょ) itself is the ordinary word in both speech and writing.