Illustration: At the entrance of a Japanese daycare center, a parent in work clothes hands a toddler’s small bag to a caregiver before leaving for the day.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

保ほ育いく所しょ

hoikusho

daycare center

Example sentences

  1. 娘むすめを保育所ほいくしょに預あずけてから、仕事しごとに行いく。

    I drop my daughter off at daycare before going to work.

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  2. 駅えきの近ちかくに新あたらしい保育所ほいくしょができた。

    A new daycare center opened near the station.

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  3. 来月らいげつから通かよう保育所ほいくしょを見学けんがくした。

    We visited the daycare center our child will attend starting next month.

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Kanji in 保育所

  • 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
  • 所place; extentOnショKunところ・どころ・とこ

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