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養子縁組 (ようしえんぐみ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

養よう子し縁えん組ぐみ

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Meanings

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noun

adoption (of a person)

law

Legal term for formal adoption, establishing a parent-child relationship under family law.

養よう子し縁えん組ぐみの手て続つづきには家か庭てい裁さい判ばん所しょの許きょ可かが必ひつ要ようです。
The procedure for adoption requires permission from the family court.

彼かれらは養よう子し縁えん組ぐみによって新あたらしい家か族ぞくを迎むかえた。

They welcomed a new family member through adoption.

Written forms

養よう子し縁えん組ぐみ
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
養よう子し縁えん組ぐみ
Variant with okurigana; less common but still used.

Kanji

養foster, bring up, rear
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
縁affinity, relation, connection
組association, braid, plait

Similar words

養よう子し
養子 refers to the adopted child itself, while 養子縁組 is the legal act or process of adoption.
里さと親おや
里親 is a foster parent, a temporary care arrangement, whereas 養子縁組 creates a permanent legal parent-child relationship.

Etymology

Compound of 養子 (adopted child) and 縁組 (relationship, marriage), literally 'adopted child relationship'.