婿養子

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
婿
むこ
Grade: S
よう
Grade: 4

Grade: 1
kun'yomi on'yomi

Etymology

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婿(むこ) (muko) + 養子(ようし) (yōshi).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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婿(むこ)(よう)() (mukoyōshiむこやうし (mukoyausi)?

  1. mukoyōshi, an adult man who is adopted into a Japanese family as a daughter's husband, and who takes the family's surname

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN