Poorhouse - Kyuhinin

Japanese: 救貧院 - きゅうひんいん
Poorhouse - Kyuhinin
〘 noun 〙 A public or private facility established to accommodate and provide relief to the poor. ※The Darkest Tokyo (1893) by Matsubara Iwagoro, 26 "Indeed, they should have been sent to an orphanage or poorhouse ."

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Japanese:
〘名〙 貧困者を収容し、救済するために設けられた公私の施設。※最暗黒之東京(1893)〈松原岩五郎〉二六「実に養育院又は救貧院(キウヒンヰン)に入るべく」

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