乳にゅう児じ院いん

noun

infant home; residential nursery

A Japanese child welfare facility that cares for infants (under 1 year old) who cannot be raised by their parents. Distinct from a general daycare or orphanage.

• 彼かの女じょは乳にゅう児じ院いんで働はたらいている。

  She works at an infant home.

• 乳にゅう児じ院いんは、主おもに0歳さい児じを預あずかる施し設せつです。

  An infant home is a facility that mainly cares for children under one year old.