待たい機き児じ童どう

noun

child on a waiting list for daycare

Refers to a child who cannot enroll in a licensed daycare center due to capacity limits, despite having applied. A common social issue in Japan.

• 都と市し部ぶでは待たい機き児じ童どうが依い然ぜんとして多おおい。

  There are still many children on daycare waiting lists in urban areas.

• 待たい機き児じ童どうを減へらすために保ほ育いく所しょを増ぞう設せつする。

  We will build more nursery schools to reduce the number of children on waiting lists.