養よう女じょ

noun

adopted daughter; foster daughter

Refers to a girl or woman who has been legally adopted as a daughter. In Japanese family law, 養女 is the formal term.

• 彼かれらは親しん戚せきの女おんなの子こを養よう女じょに迎むかえた。

  They took in a relative's daughter as their adopted daughter.

• 彼かの女じょは幼おさない頃ころに養よう女じょとして育そだてられた。

  She was raised as an adopted daughter from a young age.