保ほ活かつ

noun

kindergarten hunting; preschool search

Colloquial abbreviation from 保育園 (nursery school) and 活動 (activity). Refers to the process of parents searching for and applying to daycare or preschool, often in competitive urban areas.

• 保ほ活かつが大たい変へんで、なかなか保ほ育いく園えんが決きまらない。

  The preschool search is tough, and we just can't get into a daycare.

• 来らい年ねん度どの入にゅう園えんに向むけて、そろそろ保ほ活かつを始はじめないと。

  We need to start the kindergarten hunt soon for next year's enrollment.