縁えん故こ疎そ開かい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

evacuation to relatives' homes in the countryside during wartime

Historical term referring to the WWII-era practice of sending urban residents, especially children, to stay with rural relatives to escape air raids.

• 戦せん時じ中ちゅう、多おおくの子こ供どもたちが縁えん故こ疎そ開かいで田舎いなかの親しん戚せきの家いえに移うつされた。

  During the war, many children were moved to the homes of relatives in the countryside through enko-sokai.

• 縁えん故こ疎そ開かいは都と市しへの空くう襲しゅうを避さけるための措そ置ちだった。

  Enko-sokai was a measure to avoid air raids on cities.