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VocabJLPT N1

adoptive father

Noun

Definitions

1. foster father
2. adoptive father

Refers to an adoptive father, the man who has legally or formally adopted someone as his child. It is used in contrast to 実父, which means biological father, and appears in both legal and everyday contexts.

Example sentences

Sentence 1

Deep down, he's pushing back — he doesn't want to be like his foster father.

Sentence 2

I wonder if my foster father already knows about that news.

Sentence 3

Honestly, my foster father's kindness is sometimes just too much to take in!

Sentence 4

How come the mood gets so heavy whenever his foster father comes up?

Sentence 5

That's why I always stand a little straighter around my foster father.