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三等親 (さんとうしん, santoushin) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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義ぎ
務む
を
有ゆう
する
場ば
合あい
が
ある
。
Relatives within the third degree of kinship may have legal rights and obligations.
The scope of the third degree of kinship is clearly defined in the Civil Code.
Kanji 等 etc., and so forth, class (first) 親 parent, intimacy, relative Related words 親しん 等とう 親等 is the general term for 'degree of kinship'; 三等親 specifies the third degree.
一いっ 等とう 親しん First degree of kinship (parents and children).
二に 等とう 親しん Second degree of kinship (grandparents, grandchildren, siblings).
Written forms 三さん 等とう 親しん
Standard kanji spelling for this legal/family term.
３さん 等とう 親しん
Numerical variant; common in legal or formal documents.
Etymology Compound of 三 (three) + 等 (grade, class) + 親 (parent, relative). The term follows the legal classification of kinship degrees.
