介護

かいご · kaigo · JLPT N1 · noun

nursing

🧓 介 (between, care) + 護 (protect): caring for and protecting people who need help, i.e. nursing

介 means to come between or assist, and 護 means to guard or protect. Together they describe caregiving for elderly or ill people, which is why 介護 means nursing or care work.

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