Chinese

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to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee
to defend; to protect; to insure or guarantee; to maintain; hold or keep; to guard
 
nourish; to rear
trad. (保育)
simp. #(保育)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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保育

  1. to provide childcare
  2. to do conservation work

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term

Grade: 5
いく
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Pronunciation

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Noun

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()(いく) (hoiku

  1. nursing, childcare for infants

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Verb

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()(いく)する (hoiku surusuru (stem ()(いく) (hoiku shi), past ()(いく)した (hoiku shita))

  1. take care of an infant, nurse an infant

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References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. 2.0 2.1 NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.