託たく児じ所しょ

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Common wordJLPTN2

Meanings

1

noun

day-care center; day nursery; creche

A facility or room where children are looked after, often while parents are working, attending an event, shopping, or otherwise temporarily unavailable.

会かい議ぎの間あいだ、子こどもを託たく

児じ

所しょ

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預あず

け

た

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I left my child at the day-care center during the meeting.

この会かい社しゃには社しゃ員いん向むけの託たく児じ所しょがある。

This company has a day-care center for employees.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉に子こ供どもを預あずけるto leave one's child at a place (e.g. daycare)
会かい議ぎの間あいだ、託たく児じ所しょに子こ供どもを預あずけた。
I left my child at the daycare center during the meeting.
〈場ば所しょ〉を利り用ようするto make use of a facility
このイベントでは託たく児じ所しょを利り用ようすることができる。
You can use the on-site daycare at this event.
〈場ば所しょ〉付つきequipped with a facility (e.g. daycare included)
この職しょく場ばは託たく児じ所しょ付つきだ。
This workplace comes with an on-site daycare center.

Kanji

託consign, requesting, entrusting with
児newborn babe, child, young of animals
所place, extent

Related words

保ほ育いく園えんN1
保育園 usually refers to an ongoing nursery school for preschool children, while 託児所 often means a temporary or on-site childcare facility, such as at a workplace or event.
保ほ育いく所しょN2
保育所 is the formal, legally defined term for a licensed daycare facility, whereas 託児所 is a more general, everyday word that can include unlicensed or temporary childcare services.
幼よう稚ち園えんN3
幼稚園 is a kindergarten focused on early education for young children, while 託児所 is mainly about supervising children rather than teaching them.
ナーサリー
託児所 emphasizes temporary child-minding services, whereas ナーサリー is a general loanword for a nursery without that temporary nuance.

Word family

昼ちゅう間かん託たく児じ所しょ
day-care center; day nursery

Built from

託たく児じ+所しょ

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 託児 means entrusting a child to someone’s care, and 所 means a place, giving the sense of a place where children are looked after.