Thread:Lukesmissinghand/@comment-22439-20170531010820/@comment-32149097-20170620050522

Adoption is a LEGAL PROCESS. If they were to take an orphan calling it adoption  it would still be taking them in. Adoption: LEGALLY taking a child as their own. So asking  for an orphan and calling it adoption is incorrect. So legal documentation is valid because that what makes it adopt in the first place. It dosen't need to be based in Japan it dosen't change the meaning of the word. And the merriam webster defintion connects to legal action. to take and rear (the child of other parents) as one's own child, specifically by a formal legal act. (Oxford) Also japanese trumps english becuase it easier to get mistranslated. The sites that are specifically japenese confirm it's take in. Also I check the kanji so its easier to find specific results.