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督学官 (とくがくかん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

督とく学がく官かん

Meanings

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noun

school inspector

An official title for a person who inspects schools, typically in a historical or formal educational context.

明めい治じ時じ代だい、督とく学がく官かんが地ち方ほうの学がっ校こうを視し察さつした。
In the Meiji period, school inspectors visited local schools.

Kanji

督coach, command, urge
学study, learning, science
官bureaucrat, the government, organ

Etymology

Compound of 督 (supervise), 学 (learning), and 官 (official). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the term is conventionally associated with educational administration.