Dictionary / Vocabulary / 子守
こもり
looking after a baby; taking care of a baby; babysitting; babysitter
common word Also written 子守り
彼らはケイトに子供の子守りを頼んだ。
They asked Kate to baby-sit for their child.
私は今夜子供たちの子守りをすることになっています。
I am supposed to babysit the children tonight.
時々大家の婆さんが見にきて 「泣かない子ね」 と云ったが、私の子守は天才的に上手であった。
Sometimes the old landlady would come by and said "That child doesn't cry", but it was that my babysitting was godly.