仮かり親おや

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.

• 彼かれは幼おさない頃ころに仮かり親おやに引ひき取とられた。

  He was taken in by adopted parents when he was young.

• 昔むかしの武ぶ家け社しゃ会かいでは、仮かり親おやが子この後こう見けん人にんになることもあった。

  In old samurai society, temporary parents sometimes became guardians of children.