noun
day-care center; day nursery; creche
A facility or room where children are looked after, often while parents are working, attending an event, shopping, or otherwise temporarily unavailable.
会議の間、子どもを託児所に預けた。
I left my child at the day-care center during the meeting.
この会社
This company has a day-care center for employees.
A kindergarten with an educational role for young children; 託児所 focuses on looking after children rather than formal preschool education.
A Sino-Japanese compound: 託児 means entrusting a child to someone’s care, and 所 means a place, giving the sense of a place where children are looked after.