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育児

いくじ

nountransitive 他動詞intransitive 自動詞

Meanings

1childcare
2nursing
3child-rearing

Example sentence

ほんの一握りの男性しか育児休暇を取りたがらない。

Only a handful of men want to take childcare leave.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

育Bring Up, Grow Up, Raise8 strokes 児Newborn Babe, Child, Young Of Animals7 strokes

More words with 育

育ちそだち · breedingN1 発育はついく · (physical) growthN1 保育ほいく · nursingN1 教育きょういく · educationN4 生育せいいく · growth

Full entry on Jisho

N1

保育所ほいくしょ · nursery school

紐育ニューヨーク · New York

飼育しいく · breedingN1

More words with 児

幼児ようじ · infantN2 児童じどう · childrenN3 加答児カタル · catarrh 臥児狼徳グリーンランド · Greenland 遺児いじ · orphan 園児えんじ · kindergarten pupil 孤児院こじいん · orphanage 小児科しょうにか · pediatricsN1

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