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幼稚園
幼稚園
See also: 幼稚园
Chinese
very young | garden | ||
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trad. (幼稚園) | 幼稚 | 園 | |
simp. (幼稚园) | 幼稚 | 园 |
Noun
幼稚園
- (Taiwan, Hong Kong or dialectal) kindergarten; nursery school
Synonyms
Japanese
Kanji in this term | ||
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幼 | 稚 | 園 |
よう Grade: 6 |
ち Grade: S |
えん Grade: 2 |
on'yomi |
Etymology
Calque of German kindergarten (“children’s garden”): 幼稚 (yōchi, “childish, infantile”) + 園 (en, “garden”)
Pronunciation
Noun
幼稚園 (hiragana ようちえん, romaji yōchien)
- (education) kindergarten
Coordinate terms
- 大学 (daigaku, “university”)
- 保育園 (hoikuen), 保育所 (hoikusho, “nursery school”)
- 小学校 (shōgakkō, “elementary school”)
- 中学校 (chūgakkō, “junior high school”)
- 高等学校 (kōtōgakkō, “high school, senior high school”)
- 高校 (kōkō, “high school”)
- 大学校 (daigakkō, “academy”)
- 大学院 (daigakuin, “graduate school”)
See also
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.