養よう子し縁えん組ぐみ

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Meanings

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Legal term for formal adoption, establishing a parent-child relationship under family law.

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The procedure for adoption requires permission from the family court.

彼かれらは養よう子し縁えん組ぐみによって新あたらしい家か族ぞくを迎むかえた。

They welcomed a new family member through adoption.

養よう子し
養子 refers to the adopted child itself, while 養子縁組 is the legal act or process of adoption.
里さと親おや
里親 is a foster parent, a temporary care arrangement, whereas 養子縁組 creates a permanent legal parent-child relationship.

Compound of 養子 (adopted child) and 縁組 (relationship, marriage), literally 'adopted child relationship'.