養よう子しに行いく

expression, godan verb (iku/yuku class)

be adopted; enter a family as an adopted child

Describes a child leaving their birth family to become a member of another family through adoption. The expression focuses on the child's movement.

• 彼かれは幼おさない頃ころ、親しん戚せきの家いえに養よう子しに行いった。

  When he was little, he was adopted into a relative's family.

• 戦せん後ご、多おおくの子こ供どもが養よう子しに行いくことになった。

  After the war, many children ended up being adopted.