私し生せい子し

noun

illegitimate child

Legal and formal term for a child born to unmarried parents. In everyday conversation, 非嫡出子 (ひちゃくしゅつし) or descriptive phrases are more common.

• 私し生せい子しの法ほう的てき地ち位いは国くにによって異ことなる。

  The legal status of an illegitimate child varies by country.

• 彼かれは私し生せい子しとして生うまれたが、後のちに父ちち親おやに認にん知ちされた。

  He was born an illegitimate child, but was later acknowledged by his father.