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高等教育 (こうとうきょういく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
higher education ; tertiary education
Refers to education after secondary school, especially universities, junior colleges, technical colleges, and similar institutions; common in educational and policy contexts.
進しん
学がく
率りつ
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上あ
がっ
て
いる
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The rate of advancement to higher education institutions is rising.
Kanji 等 etc., and so forth, class (first) 育 bring up, grow up, raise Similar words 中ちゅう 等とう 教きょう 育いく Means secondary education, the stage before 高等教育.
大だい 学がく 教きょう 育いく Specifically university education; 高等教育 is broader and can include non-university tertiary institutions.
Etymology A compound of 高等, meaning 'higher' or 'advanced,' and 教育, meaning 'education'; the spelling directly reflects the modern institutional meaning.
