The spouse or child who may receive a survivors' basic pension is the spouse or child of the insured person or the person who was an insured person (hereinafter simply referred to as the "spouse" or "child") who, at the time of the death of the insured person or the person who was an insured person, had their livelihood maintained by that person, and who fell under the requirements listed below.
遺族基礎年金を受けることができる配偶者又は子は、被保険者又は被保険者であつた者の配偶者又は子（以下単に「配偶者」又は「子」という。）であつて、被保険者又は被保険者であつた者の死亡の当時その者によつて生計を維持し、かつ、次に掲げる要件に該当したものとする。
With respect to the spouse, sharing a livelihood, at the time of the death of the insured person or the person who was an insured person, with a child who had their livelihood maintained by that person and who falls under the requirement listed in the following item;
With respect to the child, being in the period up to the first March 31 on or after the day of reaching 18 years of age, or being under 20 years of age and in a state of disability falling under the disability grade, and not currently being married.
子については、十八歳に達する日以後の最初の三月三十一日までの間にあるか又は二十歳未満であつて障害等級に該当する障害の状態にあり、かつ、現に婚姻をしていないこと。
When a child who was an unborn child at the time of the death of the insured person or the person who was an insured person is born, for the purposes of applying the provisions of the preceding paragraph, that child is, with effect for the future, deemed to have had their livelihood maintained by the insured person or the person who was an insured person at the time of that person's death, and the spouse is deemed to have shared a livelihood with that child at the time of that person's death.
For the purposes of applying the provisions of paragraph (1), the matters necessary for determining whether a person's livelihood was maintained by the insured person or the person who was an insured person are specified by Cabinet Order.
第一項の規定の適用上、被保険者又は被保険者であつた者によつて生計を維持していたことの認定に関し必要な事項は、政令で定める。