noun
adopted parents; temporary parents
Refers to parents who are not biologically related but take on a parental role, either through formal adoption or a temporary arrangement. The 'temporary' sense is less common and often context-dependent.
彼は幼い頃に仮親に引き取られた。
He was taken in by adopted parents when he was young.
昔の武家社会では、仮親が子の後見人になることもあった。
In old samurai society, temporary parents sometimes became guardians of children.