Ubayraz - Ubayraz

Japanese: ウバイラズ - うばいらず
Ubayraz - Ubayraz

...This is due to the idea that milk is the same as semen and is the source of life, so for example, there is no milk kinship between a daughter and the brother of her wet nurse's husband. [Fukushima Sayoko]
[Japan]
In the past in Japan, when a baby was born and the mother got sick or died, or the mother's milk supply was poor, the baby was sometimes given a low-nutritional substitute called ubairazu, which was made by grinding and boiling brown rice. However, since it was best to receive someone else's breast milk, wet nurses in the sense of wet nurses (menoto) have been common throughout the ages.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ubyraz" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これは乳汁を精液と同一視して生命の根源とみる観念によるもので,たとえば娘と彼女の乳母の夫の兄弟との間には乳親族関係は生じない。【福島 小夜子】
[日本]
 日本ではかつて赤子が生まれても,母親が病気になったり死亡したり,あるいは母乳の出が思わしくないときには,ウバイラズなどとよばれる,玄米を粉にして煮た,栄養価に乏しい代用品を与えることがあった。しかし,他人の母乳を分けてもらうのが最善であったから,乳母(めのと)という意味での乳母はいつの時代にもふつうにみられた。…

※「ウバイラズ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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