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    3. 婿

    婿

    婿むこ

    husband

    N1KMT10News #41+1CoreNounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab12 strokes

    聟壻

    むこ

    Noun

    1.
    husband, groom
    2.
    (one's) son-in-law

    Stroke 0 / 12

    Speed1.0x

    彼かの女じょの婿むこはとても優やさしい人ひとだ。

    Her son-in-law is a very kind person.

    KMT7Family & Relationships
    結けっ婚こん式しきで、婿むこは少すこし緊きん張ちょうしているようだった。

    At the wedding, the groom seemed a little nervous.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    娘むすめの婿むこは、将しょう来らい有ゆう望ぼうなビジネスマンだ。

    My daughter's husband (son-in-law) is a promising businessman.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsBusiness & Finance
    彼かれは婿むこ入いりして、妻つまの実じっ家かを継つぐことになった。

    He was adopted into his wife's family (became a son-in-law) and will inherit her family home.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions
    昔むかしの日に本ほんでは、婿むこ養よう子しという制せい度どがあった。

    In old Japan, there was a system of adopted sons-in-law.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsCulture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    婿
    むこ…(1)
    bridegroom・son-in-law
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