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高等工業学校 (こうとうこうぎょうがっこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

高こう等とう工こう業ぎょう学がっ校こう

Meanings

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noun

higher technical school

Historical term for a type of pre-WWII Japanese technical college, roughly equivalent to a present-day technical college or institute of technology.

彼かれの祖そ父ふは戦せん前ぜんに高こう等とう工こう業ぎょう学がっ校こうを卒そつ業ぎょうした。
His grandfather graduated from a higher technical school before the war.

Kanji

高tall, high, expensive
等etc., and so forth, class (first)
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
業

business, vocation, arts

学study, learning, science

校exam, school, printing

Similar words

工こう業ぎょう高こう等とう専せん門もん学がっ校こう
Modern successor institution (technical college), often abbreviated as 高専 (こうせん).
旧きゅう制せい専せん門もん学がっ校こう
Broader category of pre-war specialized schools, which included higher technical schools.

Etymology

Compound of 高等 (higher), 工業 (industry/engineering), and 学校 (school). The term reflects the pre-war Japanese educational system.