孤こ児じ院いん

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Meanings

Refers to a residential institution for children whose parents are deceased or unable to care for them. The term is neutral and widely understood.

〈孤こ児じ院いん〉で育そだつto grow up in an orphanage
彼かれは小ちいさい頃ころ、孤こ児じ院いんで育そだった。
He grew up in an orphanage as a child.
〈人ひと〉を孤こ児じ院いんに預あずけるto leave someone (a child) at an orphanage
母はは親おやは事じ情じょうがあって子こ供どもを孤こ児じ院いんに預あずけた。
The mother had reasons to leave her child at the orphanage.
〈孤こ児じ院いん〉を運うん営えいするto run/operate an orphanage
その団だん体たいは地ち域いきで孤こ児じ院いんを運うん営えいしている。
The organization operates an orphanage in the community.
〈孤こ児じ院いん〉に入はいるto enter/be admitted to an orphanage
両りょう親しんを亡なくした彼かの女じょは孤こ児じ院いんに入はいった。
Having lost her parents, she entered an orphanage.