保育所

Japanese

Kanji in this term
保	育	所
ほ Grade: 5	いく Grade: 3	しょ Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology

保(ほ)育(いく) (hoiku, “childcare”) + 所(しょ) (sho, “place”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ほいくしょ [hòíkúshó] (Heiban – [0])[1][2]
(Tokyo) ほいくしょ [hòíkúshóꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[1][2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ikɯ̟ᵝɕo̞]

(Tokyo) ほいくしょ [hòíkúshó] (Heiban – [0])[2]
(Tokyo) ほいくしょ [hòíkúshóꜜ] (Odaka – [4])[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ikɯ̟̊ᵝɕo̞]

Noun

保(ほ)育(いく)所(しょ) • (hoikusho)

(education) nursery school

Synonyms

保(ほ)育(いく)園(えん) (hoikuen)

Coordinate terms

幼(よう)稚(ち)園(えん) (yōchien, “kindergarten”)
小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) (shōgakkō, “elementary school”)
中(ちゅう)学(がっ)校(こう) (chūgakkō, “junior high school”)
高(こう)等(とう)学(がっ)校(こう) (kōtōgakkō, “high school, senior high school”)
高(こう)校(こう) (kōkō, “high school”)
大(だい)学(がっ)校(こう) (daigakkō, “college, university”)
大(だい)学(がく) (daigaku, “college, university”)
大(だい)学(がく)院(いん) (daigakuin, “graduate school”)

See also

学(がっ)校(こう) (gakkō, “school”)
託(たく)児(じ)所(しょ) (takujisho)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.

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