1.
unlicensed; unauthorized; outside official approval
Not meeting the standards required for government licensing or approval. Used especially of daycare centers (認可外保育園) that operate without formal certification, and by extension of other unlicensed facilities.
認可外の保育園に預けている。
I leave my child at an unlicensed daycare.
認可外施設は料金が高いことが多い。
Unlicensed facilities often have high fees.
認可園に入れず、やむを得ず認可外に申し込んだ。
Unable to get into a licensed nursery, we had no choice but to apply to an unlicensed one.
Formed from 認可 (approval, licensing) + 外 (outside of). Most often modifies a following noun, especially in childcare contexts, so it behaves like a no-adjective (認可外の保育園).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 認可外保育園: unlicensed daycare center
- 認可外施設: unlicensed facility
- 認可外の託児所: unlicensed nursery
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 認可: approval, licensing — the base word; 認可園 is a licensed nursery
- 無認可: unauthorized — near-synonym, formed with the prefix 無 instead