もらい子

もらいご

adopted child; foster child

猫も杓子も

ねこもしゃくしも

anybody (without distinction), every Tom, Dick and Harry, anything

突拍子もない

とっぴょうしもない

astounding; tremendous; wild; crazy; exorbitant; outrageous; absurd; abnormal; quixotic

身も世もない

みもよもない

heartrending, desperate, hopeless, full of grief

根も葉もない

ねもはもない

unfounded rumor, unfounded rumour, completely untrue

神も仏もない

かみもほとけもない

There is no God! (used to express despair at the heartlessness of the world), there is no god or Buddha

身も蓋もない

みもふたもない

point blank, blunt

血も涙もない

ちもなみだもない

cold-blooded, unfeeling, heartless, heart of stone, inconsiderate

欲も得もない

よくもとくもない

having thought for neither gain nor greed, only wanting to do something (thinking about nothing else)

しかしも案山子もない

しかしもかかしもない しかしもカカシもない

stop complaining, stop making excuses

足元にも及ばない

あしもとにもおよばない

to be no match for, to not hold a candle to

もらい息子

もらいむすこ

adopted son

手も足も出ない

てもあしもでない

cannot do a thing, feeling handcuffed, being at the end of one's tether, being at one's wit's end

恥も外聞もない

はじもがいぶんもない

not worrying about one's reputation or appearance, not caring what others think

油断も隙もない

ゆだんもすきもない

one must constantly be on one's guard with..., one cannot be too careful of...

母子とも

ぼしとも

both mother and child

子ども会

こどもかい

organization for local children (for growth via sports, study, service, etc.)

子ども兵

こどもへい

child soldier

子どもシェルター

こどもシェルター

children's shelter; shelter for abused and neglected children