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昼間託児所 (ちゅうかんたくじしょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

昼ちゅう間かん託たく児じ所しょ

Meanings

1

noun

day-care center; day nursery

A facility that provides childcare during daytime hours, typically for working parents. The term is straightforward and neutral.

このビルには昼ちゅう間かん託たく児じ所しょが併へい設せつされています。
This building has an attached day-care center.
昼ちゅう間かん託たく児じ所しょを利り用ようして仕し事ごとに復ふっ帰きした。
I returned to work using a day-care center.

Kanji

昼daytime, noon
間interval, space
託consign, requesting, entrusting with
児

newborn babe, child, young of animals

所place, extent

Similar words

保ほ育いく園えん
保育園 is a more general term for nursery school or daycare, often for preschool-aged children, while 昼間託児所 specifically emphasizes daytime care, sometimes for a wider age range.
託たく児じ所しょ
託児所 is a broader term for any childcare facility; 昼間託児所 explicitly limits it to daytime hours.

Etymology

Compound of 昼間 (daytime) and 託児所 (childcare center). The word is transparent and modern, with no obscure historical derivation.