文もん部ぶ科か学がく省しょう検けん定てい済ずみ教きょう科か書しょ

Meanings

MEXT-approved textbook; government-authorized textbook

Refers to a textbook that has passed the screening process of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and is authorized for use in Japanese schools.

この教きょう科か書しょは文もん部ぶ科か学がく省しょう検けん定てい済ずみ教きょう科か書しょです。
This textbook is a MEXT-approved textbook.
文もん部ぶ科か学がく省しょう検けん定てい済ずみ教きょう科か書しょは、全ぜん国こくの学がっ校こうで使つかわれています。
MEXT-approved textbooks are used in schools nationwide.

Kanji

文sentence, literature, style
部section, bureau, dept
科department, course, section
学study, learning, science
省government ministry, conserve, omit
検examination, investigate
定determine, fix, establish
済settle (debt, etc.), relieve (burden), finish
教teach, faith, doctrine
書write

Related words

検けん定てい教きょう科か書しょ
A broader term for any officially screened textbook; 文部科学省検定済教科書 specifies the ministry and the completion of screening.
教きょう科か書しょ検けん定てい
The textbook screening system itself, not the resulting textbook.

Written forms

文もん部ぶ科か学がく省しょう検けん定てい済ずみ教きょう科か書しょ
Standard official term; the shorter form without み is common in official contexts.
文もん部ぶ科か学がく省しょう検けん定てい済ずみ教きょう科か書しょ
Variant with み explicitly written; both forms are used.

Etymology

Compound of 文部科学省 (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) + 検定済 (screening completed) + 教科書 (textbook).