Word Meaning 婿養子

むこようし mukoyoushi

婿養子 is read as むこようし (mukoyoushi) and means son-in-law taken (adopted) into family.

Meaning

English

son-in-law taken (adopted) into family

Reading

Kana

むこようし

Romaji

mukoyoushi

Writing Variants

ムコ養子 むこようし mukoyoushi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 30 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 124368 Priority T

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

養子

ようし

adopted child (usu. male)

末期養子

まつごようし

deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line)

養い子

やしないご

foster child

夫婦養子

ふうふようし

adopting a married couple

養嗣子

ようしし

adoptive heir

養子縁組

ようしえんぐみ

adoption (of a person)

女子栄養大学短期大学部

じょしえいようだいがくたんきだいがくぶ

Junior College of Kagawa Nutrition University

養子に出す

ようしにだす

to put up for adoption

養子に行く

ようしにいく

to be adopted

女子栄養大学

じょしえいようだいがく

Kagawa Nutrition University

水子供養

みずごくよう

memorial service to appease an aborted foetus

養子論

ようしろん

adoptionism