also 養子縁組み
- noun, law adoption (of a person)
養子縁組
ようしえんぐみ
adoption (of a person)
Meanings
Its kanji
- 養 ヨウ、リョウ · やしな.う foster, bring up, rear, develop, nurture
- 子 シ、ス、ツ · こ、-こ、ね child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM, first sign of Chinese zodiac
- 縁 エン、-ネン · ふち、ふち.どる、ゆかり、よすが、へり、えにし affinity, relation, connection, edge, border, verge, brink
- 組 ソ · く.む、くみ、-ぐみ association, braid, plait, construct, assemble, unite, cooperate, grapple