養子

ようし

adopted child (usu. male), son-in-law

養嗣子

ようしし

adoptive heir

婿養子

むこようし ムコようし

son-in-law taken (adopted) into family

養子論

ようしろん

adoptionism

養子縁組

ようしえんぐみ

adoption (of an heir)

夫婦養子

ふうふようし めおとようし

adopting a married couple, married couple adopted into the family

水子供養

みずごくよう みずこくよう

memorial service to appease an aborted foetus

養子移入

よーしいにゅー

Adoptive Transfer

末期養子

まつごようし

deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line), person adopted by someone on his deathbed

養い

やしない

nutrition, nourishment

養子に行く

ようしにいく

to be adopted, to enter a family as an adopted child

養子に出す

ようしにだす

to put up for adoption

養い親

やしないおや

godparents, foster parents

女子栄養大学

じょしえいようだいがく

Kagawa Nutrition University

特別養子縁組

とくべつようしえんぐみ

special adoption; plenary adoption; adoption in which the relationship with the biological parents is dissolved

普通養子縁組

ふつうようしえんぐみ

regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

いい子いい子

いいこいいこ

patting (pet or child, etc.), stroking

養親

ようしん

adopter, adopting parent or parents, adoptive parent or parents, foster parent or parents

教養

きょうよう

cultivation, refinement, culture, education