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    3. 遺児

    遺児

    遺い児じ

    orphan

    KMT7News #14+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab22 strokes

    いじ

    Noun

    1.
    orphan, child left by the deceased
    2.
    abandoned child

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    彼かれは戦せん争そうで遺い児じとなった。

    He became an orphan due to the war.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsHistoryMilitary
    その慈じ善ぜん団だん体たいは、災さい害がいで親 を亡なくした遺い児じを支し援えんしている。

    That charity organization supports orphans who lost their parents in a disaster.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    遺い児じの教きょう育いくのために、多おおくの寄き付ふが集あつまった。

    Many donations were collected for the education of orphans.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEducation
    彼かれは遺い児じたちのために、新あたらしい施し設せつを建けん設せつする計けい画かくを立たてた。

    He made a plan to build a new facility for the orphans.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsHome & Housing
    遺い児じとして育そだった彼かれの人じん生せいは、多おおくの困こん難なんに満みちていた。

    His life, having grown up as an orphan, was full of many difficulties.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    遺
    のこ.す…(2)
    bequeath・leave behind・reserve
    児
    こ・-こ・-っこ…(4)
    newborn babe・child・young of animals
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