Meaning

Primary

Son In Law

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Your daughter's groom will become your son in law. He's a great guy! Congratulations!

Reading

むすめむこ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

The readings for this word are both kun'yomi readings. You learned them when you learned the kanji, so you should be able to read this on your own.

Context

Context Sentences

いずれは娘婿を社長にするつもりです。

Sooner or later, I intend to make my son in law company president.

娘婿には、追い風が吹いていた。それでも彼は、歩幅を変えなかった。運に任せるのではなく、自分の足で進みたかったからだ。

The winds were blowing in my son-in-law's favor. Even so, he did not change his stride. He didn't want to leave things to luck — he wanted to move forward on his own two feet.

Kanji Composition