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    3. 里子

    里子

    里さと子ご

    foster child

    KMT7News #15+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab10 strokes

    さとご

    Noun

    1.
    foster child
    2.
    adopted animal (e.g. pet)

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    彼かの女じょは里さと子ごとして育そだてられた。

    She was raised as a foster child.

    KMT5Family & Relationships
    その夫ふう婦ふは里さと子ごを迎むかえ入いれたいと考かんがえている。

    That couple is thinking of taking in a foster child.

    KMT7Family & Relationships
    里さと子ごとして新あたらしい家か族ぞくのもとで幸しあわせに暮くらしている。

    As a foster child, I am living happily with my new family.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    捨すてられた子こ猫ねこが里さと子ごに出だされた。

    The abandoned kitten was put up for adoption.

    KMT7AnimalsFamily & Relationships
    里さと子ご制せい度どは、子こ供どもたちが安 全 な環かん境きょうで育そだつための大たい切せつな仕し組くみだ。

    The foster care system is an important mechanism for children to grow up in a safe environment.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    里
    さと…(2)
    ri・village・parent's home・league
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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