養護施設(ようごしせつ)

ようごしせつ
noun
care facility, welfare institution
society
1. care facility; welfare institution; protective care home
A facility that provides care and protection for children, the elderly, or people with disabilities who need support. In the context of children, it refers to what is commonly called a children's home or orphanage.
養護施設(ようごしせつ)で育(そだ)った。
I grew up in a children's home.
養護施設(ようごしせつ)の子(こ)どもたちにクリスマスプレゼントを届(とど)けた。
We delivered Christmas presents to the children at the care facility.
家庭(かてい)で適切(てきせつ)な養育(よういく)を受(う)けられない子(こ)どもたちが養護施設(ようごしせつ)に入所(にゅうしょ)し、職員(しょくいん)の支援(しえん)のもとで生活(せいかつ)している。
Children who cannot receive proper upbringing at home enter care facilities and live under the support of staff.

Usage: 養護施設(ようごしせつ) broadly refers to welfare institutions that provide protective care. The most common usage refers to 児童(じどう)養護施設(ようごしせつ) (children's care facilities), which house children who cannot live with their families.

Common collocations

The word is a compound of 養護(ようご) (protective care, nursing) and 施設(しせつ) (facility, institution).

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Added 2026.3.8 23:03 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:01
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