孤児院

See also: 孤兒院 and 孤儿院

Japanese

Kanji in this term
孤	児	院
こ Grade: S	じ Grade: 4	いん Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
孤兒院 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

孤児 (koji, “orphan”) +‎ 院 (-in, “institution”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こじいん [kòjíꜜìǹ] (Nakadaka – [2])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [ko̞ʑiĩɴ]

Noun

孤(こ)児(じ)院(いん) • (kojiin) ^{←こじゐん (koziwin)^?}

an orphanage (a residential institution for the care and protection of orphans)

References

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
Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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