婿養子

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 婿養子. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 婿養子, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 婿養子 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 婿養子 you have here. The definition of the word 婿養子 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of婿養子, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Japanese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ja
Kanji in this term
婿 養 子
むこ
Grade: S 		よう
Grade: 4 		し
Grade: 1
kun'yomi on'yomi

Etymology

婿(むこ) (muko) + 養子(ようし) (yōshi).

Pronunciation

Noun

婿(むこ)養(よう)子(し) • (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

References

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