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jmdict 1547220 Active (id: 1154060)
養父 [news1,nf19]
ようふ [news1,nf19]
1. [n]
▶ foster father
▶ adoptive father
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 1321420 実父 1. one's real father; natural father; biological father



History:
2. A 2014-03-11 08:15:40  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -15,0 +16 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="1321420">実父</xref>
1. A* 2014-03-11 05:23:15  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
GG5: "an adoptive [a foster] father; 〔義父〕 a father-in-law 《pl. fathers-》."
  Comments:
GG5 seems the odd one out here. Koj, Daijr/s and the other JEs only have adoptive/foster father. I'm just adding this for the record, unless someone can find grounds for adding "father-in-law" as a sense.

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