"幼稚園" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [jo̞ːt͡ɕiẽ̞ɴ] Forms: 幼稚園 [canonical] (ruby: (よう), (), (えん)), yōchien [romanization], eutiwen [romanization], えうちゑん [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 幼稚 (yōchi, “infantile”) + 園 (en, “garden”). The term is apparently a calque of German Kindergarten (“children's garden”), as Japanese yōchien were started in 1876 based on the German model initiated by Friedrich Fröbel in 1837 and on the term Kindergarten that he coined in 1840. First cited in Japanese to 1876. Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|幼稚|園|sort=ようちえん|t1=infantile|t2=garden|tr1=yōchi|tr2=en}} 幼稚 (yōchi, “infantile”) + 園 (en, “garden”), {{cal|ja|de|Kindergarten|nocap=1|sort=ようちえん|t=children's garden}} calque of German Kindergarten (“children's garden”) Head templates: {{ja-noun|ようちえん|hhira=えうちゑん}} 幼(よう)稚(ち)園(えん) • (yōchien) ^(←えうちゑん (eutiwen)?)
  1. a kindergarten Wikipedia link: Daijirin, Daijisen, Friedrich Fröbel, Kindergarten, Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, ja:幼稚園, ja:松村明 Categories (topical): Education Related terms: 保育園 (hoikuen) (ruby: (), (いく), (えん)) (english: a nursery school, a preschool)

Alternative forms

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