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東北少年院 (とうほくしょうねんいん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

東とう北ほく少しょう年ねん院いん

Meanings

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noun

Tōhoku Reform School

organization name

Proper noun referring to a specific juvenile correctional facility in the Tōhoku region of Japan.

東とう北ほく少しょう年ねん院いんは、東とう北ほく地ち方ほうの少しょう年ねん矯きょう正せい施し設せつです。
Tōhoku Reform School is a juvenile correctional facility in the Tōhoku region.

Kanji

東east
北north
少few, little
年

year, counter for years

院Inst., institution, temple

Etymology

Compound of 東北 (Tōhoku, the region name) + 少年院 (reform school, juvenile correctional facility).