婿養子

Japanese

Kanji in this term
婿	養	子
むこ Grade: S	よう Grade: 4	し Grade: 1
kun’yomi	on’yomi

Etymology

婿(むこ) (muko) + 養子(ようし) (yōshi).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) むこよ​ーし [mùkóyóꜜòshì] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [mɯ̟ᵝko̞jo̞ːɕi]

Noun

婿(むこ)養(よう)子(し) • (mukoyōshi) ^{←むこやうし (mukoyausi)?}

1. mukoyōshi, an adult man who is adopted into a Japanese family as a daughter's husband, and who takes the family's surname

Derived terms

• 婿養子縁組(むこようしえんぐみ) (mukoyōshiengumi)