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    3. 私生児

    私生児

    私し生せい児じ

    illegitimate child

    KMT10News #47+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab19 strokes

    しせいじ

    Noun

    1.
    illegitimate child, bastard, love child

    Stroke 0 / 19

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは私し生せい児じとして生うまれた。

    He was born an illegitimate child.

    KMT10Family & Relationships
    その小しょう説せつの主しゅ人じん公こうは、私し生せい児じであるという秘ひ密みつを抱かかえていた。

    The protagonist of that novel harbored the secret of being an illegitimate child.

    KMT10LiteratureFamily & Relationships
    過か去こには、私し生せい児じに対たいする社しゃ会かい的てきな偏へん見けんが根ね強づよく存そん在ざいした。

    In the past, strong social prejudice against illegitimate children existed.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsHistoryEmotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは私し生せい児じの権けん利りについて研けん究きゅうしている。

    She is researching the rights of illegitimate children.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsPolitics & LawEducation
    彼かれの父ちち親おやは、私し生せい児じの存そん在ざいを家か族ぞくに隠かくし続つづけていた。

    His father continued to hide the existence of his illegitimate child from the family.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    私
    わたくし・わたし…(1)
    private・I・me
    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
    児
    こ・-こ・-っこ…(4)
    newborn babe・child・young of animals
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