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

adopted child (usu. male)
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

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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

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糸魚川養子 Youko Itoigawa