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    3. 養母

    養母

    養よう母ぼ

    foster mother

    KMT9News #25+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab20 strokes

    ようぼ

    Noun

    1.
    foster mother, adoptive mother

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    彼かの女じょには優やさしい養よう母ぼがいます。

    She has a kind adoptive mother.

    KMT6Family & Relationships
    彼かれは幼おさない頃ころに養よう母ぼに引ひき取とられた。

    He was adopted by his foster mother when he was young.

    KMT9Family & Relationships
    養よう母ぼと実じつ母ぼ、どちらも彼かれにとって大たい切せつな存そん在ざいだ。

    Both his adoptive mother and biological mother are important to him.

    KMT9Family & Relationships
    養よう母ぼになるには、いくつかの法ほう的てきな手て続つづきが必ひつ要ようです。

    To become an adoptive mother, several legal procedures are required.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsPolitics & Law
    養よう母ぼは実じつの母はは親おやではないが、愛あい情じょう深ぶかく彼かれを育そだて上あげた。

    His adoptive mother was not his biological mother, but she raised him with deep love.

    KMT10Family & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    養
    やしな.う…(3)
    foster・bring up・rear・develop・nurture
    母
    はは・も…(1)
    mother
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