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adoptive parents, foster parents
Parents who have legally adopted a child, or parents who are raising a child that is not their biological offspring.
養父母に育てられた。
I was raised by adoptive parents.
彼女は養父母のことを実の親のように慕っている。
She loves her adoptive parents as if they were her biological parents.
幼いころに養父母のもとに引き取られ、愛情深く育ててもらったことに感謝している。
I was taken in by my adoptive parents as a young child and am grateful for being raised with deep love.
A compound of 養 (to foster, to adopt) and 父母 (father and mother). The individual terms are 養父 (adoptive father) and 養母 (adoptive mother).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 養父母に育てられる: to be raised by adoptive parents
- 養父母のもとで暮らす: to live with one's adoptive parents
- 養父母を探す: to look for adoptive parents
RELATED TERMS:
- 実父母: biological parents — the birth parents
- 里親: foster parent — specifically a foster care parent, which may be temporary
- 養子: adopted child
- 養子縁組: legal adoption