N2295/1725

幼よう稚ち園えん

nounnoun (generic)

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ようちえん

Meanings

kindergarten (in Japan, non-compulsory education from age 3 until primary school), preschool

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Example sentences

妹いもうとは来年らいねん幼稚園ようちえんに入はいる予定よていです。

My younger sister is scheduled to enter kindergarten next year.

この幼稚園ようちえんは音楽おんがく教育きょういくに力ちからを入いれていることで有名ゆうめいだ。

This kindergarten is famous for its emphasis on music education.

幼稚園ようちえんの頃ころの記憶きおくはほとんど残のこっていない。

I have almost no memories from my kindergarten days.

息子むすこを幼稚園ようちえんに迎むかえに行いく途中とちゅうで雨あめが降ふり始はじめた。

It started raining on my way to pick up my son from kindergarten.

幼稚園ようちえんと保育園ほいくえんの違ちがいは、主おもに管轄かんかつする省庁しょうちょうと対象たいしょう年齢ねんれいにある。

The difference between kindergarten and daycare lies mainly in the supervising government ministry and the target age group.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)