申もうし子ご

noun

heaven-sent child; child granted by prayer

Refers to a child believed to be given by the gods or Buddha in answer to Shinto or Buddhist prayers. Often used in traditional or religious contexts.

• 長なが年ねん祈いのり続つづけた末すえに、彼かれらは申もうし子ごを授さずかった。

  After years of praying, they were blessed with a heaven-sent child.

noun

child of an era; product of the times

Used figuratively in the pattern ～の申し子 to describe a person or thing that embodies the spirit or characteristics of a particular era, movement, or environment.

• 彼かれはまさに昭しょう和わの申もうし子ごだ。

  He is truly a child of the Showa era.

• この作さく品ひんはデジタル時じ代だいの申もうし子ごと言いえる。

  This work can be called a product of the digital age.