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    乳母

    乳う母ば

    wet nurse

    KMT10News #38+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab13 strokes

    うばめのとおんばにゅうぼちうばちおもちもにゅうもまま

    Noun

    1.
    wet nurse, nursing mother

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    昔むかし、王おう子じの乳う母ばは重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを担になっていました。

    In the past, a prince's wet nurse played an important role.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsHistory
    彼かの女じょは乳う母ばとして、その子この成せい長ちょうを愛あい情じょう深ぶかく見み守まもった。

    As a wet nurse, she lovingly watched over the child's growth.

    KMT10Family & Relationships
    貴き族ぞくの家か庭ていでは、乳う母ばが子こ供どもの教きょう育いくにも深ふかく関かかわることが多おおかった。

    In aristocratic families, wet nurses often deeply involved themselves in the children's education.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEducationHistory
    乳う母ばは実じつの母はは親おやに代かわって、子こ供どもに母ぼ乳にゅうを与あたえる役やく割わりを担にないました。

    The wet nurse took on the role of providing breast milk to the child in place of the biological mother.

    KMT10Family & Relationships
    日に本ほんの歴れき史し上じょう、乳う母ばは権けん力りょく争あらそいにおいて重じゅう要ような影えい響きょう力りょくを持もつこともありました。

    In Japanese history, wet nurses sometimes held significant influence in power struggles.

    KMT10HistoryCulture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships

    Kanji that make up this word

    乳
    ちち・ち…(1)
    milk・breasts
    母
    はは・も…(1)
    mother
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