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VocabJLPT N2

adopted child (usu. male)

Noun

Definitions

1. adopted child (usu. male)
2. son-in-law

This noun refers to an adopted child, meaning a child who has been legally taken into a family that is not their birth family. It can also be used as a verb in the form ～にする to mean "to adopt a child."

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Why had he been hiding the fact that he was adopted?

Sentence 2

Come on, keeping your distance just because he's adopted? Grow up!

Sentence 3

Oh great, the relatives are fighting over the adoption again!

Sentence 4

Oh no — the family meeting blew up over the adoption!

Sentence 5

My grandmother said firmly, "Adopted or not, family is family."