Word Meaning 養子

ようし youshi

養子 is read as ようし (youshi) and means adopted child (usu. male).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

ようし

Romaji

youshi

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 18 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Synonyms 里子,貰い子,もらいっこ Antonyms 実子,養親 Rank 2813 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

養い子

やしないご

foster child

養嗣子

ようしし

adoptive heir

養子縁組

ようしえんぐみ

adoption (of a person)

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

養子論

ようしろん

adoptionism

末期養子

まつごようし

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

夫婦養子

ふうふようし

adopting a married couple

婿養子

むこようし

son-in-law taken (adopted) into family

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

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

Example Sentences

10

We adopted a child.

We adopted a child.

He adopted the orphan.

They adopted the orphan.

My wife wanted to adopt a child.

My wife wanted to adopt a child.

Is there a way to know whether I've been adopted?

Mr. and Mrs. Williams adopted a child whose parents were dead.

The adopted child lived a happy life with her new family.

The couple adopted the baby and loved him as they would their own.