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): [ho̞ikɯ̟ɕo̞]

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

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

↑ ^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

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