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女学院 (じょがくいん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

女じょ学がく院いん

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い

ん

Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

noun

girls' college; girls' academy

Typically appears in the names of Christian-affiliated private girls' schools. Not a generic term for any girls' school.

彼かの女じょは青あお山やま女じょ学がく院いんの卒そつ業ぎょう生せいです。
She is a graduate of Aoyama Girls' Academy.
この地ち域いきには有ゆう名めいな女じょ学がく院

いん

が

いくつ

か

ある

。

There are several well-known girls' academies in this area.

Kanji

女woman, female
学study, learning, science
院Inst., institution, temple

Similar words

女じょ子し大だい
女子大 is a general term for a women's university, while 女学院 is mostly used in proper names of Christian girls' schools.
女じょ子し校こう
女子校 is a broad term for any girls' school (elementary through high school), whereas 女学院 is more specific to Christian-affiliated institutions.

Etymology

Compound of 女 (woman, female) and 学院 (academy, institute). The term became common with the establishment of Christian mission schools for girls in the Meiji and Taisho periods.