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保育

保育

Chinese

 
to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
nourish; to rear
simp. and trad.
(保育)

Noun

保育

  1. nursing, childcare

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
いく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Noun

保育 (hiragana ほいく, romaji hoiku)

  1. nursing, childcare for infants

Synonyms

  • 託児 (たくじ) (takuji)

Derived terms

Verb

保育する (hiragana ほいくする, romaji hoiku suru)

  1. take care of an infant, nurse an infant

Conjugation

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.