Illustration: In a neighborhood nursery room, one caregiver kneels beside a toddler, helping guide a spoon toward a bowl while another supervises two children building with large blocks. At the doorway, a parent in work clothes waves goodbye as a third child comfortably takes the second caregiver's hand.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

保ほ育いく

hoiku

childcare, day care

Example sentences

  1. 保育ほいくママは１名めいから３名めいまでのお子こさんを保育ほいくしています。

    The childminder cares for between one and three children.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. これが日本最初にっぽんさいしょの保育ほいく所しょである。

    It was the first nursery school in Japan.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 日本にっぽんの夜間学校やかんがっこう、保育ほいく所しょの成立せいりつにつながるものとして、日本にっぽんの教育史きょういくしにおいて独特どくとくの意義いぎを持もっている。

    They have unique significance in the Japanese history of education as the ones which encouraged the birth of night schools and nursery schools.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 保育

  • 保protect; guaranteeOnホ・ホウKunたもつ
  • 育bring up; grow upOnイクKunそだつ・そだち・そだてる

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