保育所

Japanese

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

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

Etymology

保(ほ)育(いく) (hoiku, “childcare”) + 所(しょ) (-sho, “place”, rendaku form 所(じょ) (jo))

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): [ho̞ikɯ̟̊ɕo̞]

(Tokyo) ほいくじょ [hòíkújó] (Heiban – [0])^[2]
(Tokyo) ほいくじょ [hòíkújóꜜ] (Odaka – [4])^[2]
IPA^(key): [ho̞ikɯ̟ʑo̞]

Noun

保(ほ)育(いく)所(しょ) or 保(ほ)育(いく)所(じょ) • (hoikusho or hoikujo)

(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

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

Ineko Kondō, Fumi Takano, Mary E. Althaus, et al. (2002), Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, third edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN