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Providing parental care to children not related to oneself. / Receiving such care. / Related by such care.

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foster

Source Word

foster

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfɒstə/

Adjective

not-comparable

Providing parental care to children not related to oneself. / Receiving such care. / Related by such care.

Japanese Meaning

血縁関係のない子どもに対して、親としての養育を行うこと / そのような養育を受けること / そのような養育関係にある状態を指すこと

My sister and her husband opened their home last month to a foster child.

妹と義兄は先月、血のつながりのない子どもを里親として自宅に迎え入れました。

Sense（1）

Providing parental care to children not related to oneself.

foster parents

Sense（2）

Receiving such care.

a foster child

Sense（3）

Related by such care.

We are a foster family.