ようし – Vocabulary details

ようし

Noun

1. adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law

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うし

son-in-law taken (adopted) into family

deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed

adoption (of a person)

妻つまはね、ようしを欲ほしがってたんだ。

My wife wanted to adopt a child.

私わたし達たちは子こ供どもをようしにした。

We adopted a child.

彼かれはその孤こ児じをようしにした。

He adopted the orphan.

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