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Results for: "adoption"

Translating from English to Japanese

Translations:

adoption — act of adopting, or state of being adopted
→ 養子縁組 (yōshi-engumi)

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 3

  1. the act of accepting with approval; favorable reception

    • “its adoption by society”
    • “the proposal found wide acceptance”
    Synonymsacceptanceacceptationespousal

  2. a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood; the adopted child is entitled to all privileges belonging to a natural child of the adoptive parents (including the right to inherit)

  3. the appropriation (of ideas or words etc) from another source

    • “the borrowing of ancient motifs was very apparent”
    Synonymsborrowing