保育所

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

保育 (ほいく) (hoiku, “childcare”) + 所 (しょ) (sho, “place”)

Noun

保育所 (hiragana ほいくしょ, rōmaji hoikusho)

1. (education) nursery school

Synonyms

• 保育園 (ほいくえん) (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”)
• 大学校 (だいがっこう) (daigakkō, “college, university”)
• 大学 (だいがく) (daigaku, “college, university”)
• 大学院 (だいがくいん) (daigakuin, “graduate school”)

See also

• 学 (がっ)校 (こう) (gakkō, “school”)
• 託児所 (たくじしょ) (takujisho)

References

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