Comadre

Japanese: comadre
Comadre

…This trend was particularly evident in the Mediterranean Catholic countries and Latin American countries, and developed and took on an institutional character in the rural areas of southern Iberia and Latin America. They called each other compadre (comadre among women) and began to use “usted” (you) instead of “tu” (you), which was used among friends and intimates. This was because godparents were metaphorically placed in the Holy Family of Christ, and it meant that they were no longer secular. …

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この傾向は地中海カトリック諸国とラテン・アメリカ諸国に顕著にみられ,とくにイベリアの南部農村地帯とラテン・アメリカ農村地帯では,制度的色彩をもって発展し定着した。彼らは互いにコンパードレcompadre(女同士ではcomadre)と呼びあい,友人や親しい間柄で呼びあっていた“tu”(おまえ)を避けて“usted”(あなた)を使い始める。これは代親が比喩的にキリストの〈聖家族〉に位置づけられるためで,世俗的でなくなったことを意味する。…

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