A daycare center or nursery school where infants and young children are cared for during the day; provides childcare, play, and basic life-skill guidance, often for working parents.
隣の保育園から子どもの楽しそうな声が聞こえてくる。
I can hear joyful voices of children coming from the neighboring nursery school.
来月から子どもを保育園に預ける予定です。
I plan to enroll my child in daycare starting next month.
保育園では食事や午睡の時間もしっかり管理されている。
At the daycare, meal times and naps are properly managed.
保育園と幼稚園は目的や対象年齢が異なることがある。
Daycare centers and kindergartens sometimes differ in purpose and target ages.