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    3. 養子

    養子

    養よう子し

    adopted child (usu. male)

    KMT7News #14+1CoreNounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab18 strokes

    ようし

    Noun

    1.
    adopted child (usu. male), son-in-law

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    彼かれには養よう子しがいます。

    He has an adopted son.

    KMT4Family & Relationships
    その夫ふう婦ふは養よう子しを迎むかえることを決きめました。

    The couple decided to adopt a child.

    KMT7Family & Relationships
    養よう子しとして育そだった彼かれは、実じつの親おやを探さがす旅たびに出でた。

    He, who was raised as an adopted child, set out on a journey to find his birth parents.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    養よう子し縁えん組ぐみには、様さま々ざまな法ほう的てき要よう件けんがあります。

    There are various legal requirements for adoption.

    KMT7Politics & LawFamily & Relationships
    日に本ほんの伝でん統とう的てきな家いえ制せい度どでは、家いえを継つぐために養よう子し縁えん組ぐみが行がおこなわれることもあった。

    In Japan's traditional family system, adoption was sometimes carried out to ensure the continuation of the family line.

    KMT8Family & RelationshipsCulture & TraditionsHistory

    Kanji that make up this word

    養
    やしな.う…(3)
    foster・bring up・rear・develop・nurture
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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