矯きょう正せい院いん

noun

reformatory; house of correction

Obsolete term for a juvenile correctional facility; the predecessor to 少年院 (shōnen'in). Used in historical or legal contexts.

See also: 少年院

• 矯きょう正せい院いんは、現げん在ざいの少しょう年ねん院いんの前ぜん身しんにあたる施し設せつです。

  The kyōseiin is the predecessor of the present-day juvenile reformatory.