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    3. 里親

    里親

    里さと親おや

    foster parent

    KMT8News #21+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab23 strokes

    さとおや

    Noun

    1.
    foster parent, foster parents
    2.
    (pet) caretaker

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    彼かれは里さと親おやに育そだてられた。

    He was raised by foster parents.

    KMT6Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    多おおくの子こ供どもたちが里さと親おやの温あたたかい家か庭ていを必ひつ要ようとしている。

    Many children need the warm home of foster parents.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology
    動どう物ぶつ保ほ護ご施し設せつでは、一いち時じ的てきに動どう物ぶつを預あずかる里さと親おやを募ぼ集しゅうしている。

    Animal shelters are recruiting foster parents to temporarily care for animals.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsAnimals
    里さと親おやになるためには、特とく定ていの条じょう件けんを満みたす必ひつ要ようがある。

    To become a foster parent, one must meet certain conditions.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsPolitics & Law
    里さと親おや制せい度どは、様さま々ざまな事じ情じょうで実じつ親おやと暮くらせない子こ供どもたちを支 援 する重じゅう要ような仕し組くみだ。

    The foster parent system is an important mechanism that supports children who cannot live with their biological parents due to various circumstances.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsPolitics & Law

    Kanji that make up this word

    里
    さと…(2)
    ri・village・parent's home・league
    親
    おや・おや-・した.しい・した.しむ…(4)
    parent・intimacy・relative・familiarity・dealer (cards)
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