noun
anonymous scholarship system for traffic orphans
Refers to a Japanese system providing anonymous financial support for the education of children who lost parents in traffic accidents. The name comes from the 1912 novel 'Daddy-Long-Legs' by Jean Webster.
あしながおじさんは、交通事故で親を亡くした子どもたちを支援する制度です。
Ashina-ga-ojisan is a system that supports children who have lost their parents in traffic accidents.
彼女はあしながおじさんの奨学金で大学に通った。
She attended university on an Ashinaga scholarship.