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保母

ほぼ

nursery school teacher; day-care worker (dated term)

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Examples

  1. 彼女は保育園の保母として働いていた。

    かのじょはほいくえんのほぼとしてはたらいていた。

    She worked as a nursery teacher at a day-care centre.

  2. 母は三十年間、保母を務めた。

    はははさんじゅうねんかん、ほぼをつとめた。

    My mother served as a nursery teacher for thirty years.

  3. 保母さんが子どもたちに絵本を読んでいる。

    ほぼさんがこどもたちにえほんをよんでいる。

    The nursery teacher is reading a picture book to the children.

Common patterns

保母さん
the nursery teacher (friendly address)
保母の資格
nursery teaching qualification
保育園の保母
day-care nursery teacher

Memory tip

A dated, gendered title: since 1999 the official job name has been 保育士 for workers of either sex (the male form used to be 保父). Also watch the homophone ほぼ 'almost, roughly', which is written in kana and is far more frequent.

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