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

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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)

References
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