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兵学校 (へいがっこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

兵へい学がっ校こう

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Meanings

1

military academy; service academy

Refers to an institution that trains officers for the armed forces, such as a naval academy or military college.

彼かれは兵へい学がっ校こうを卒そつ業ぎょうして海かい軍ぐん将しょう校

こう

に

なっ

た

。

He graduated from the naval academy and became a naval officer.

Kanji

兵soldier, private, troops
学study, learning, science
校exam, school, printing

Related words

士し官かん学がっ校こう
士官学校 is a more general term for an officer training school, while 兵学校 often refers specifically to a naval or military academy in historical contexts.

Word family

海かい軍ぐん兵へい学がっ校こう
naval academy

Built from

兵へい+学がっ校こう

Etymology

A compound of 兵, “military,” and 学校, “school.” The pronunciation of 学校 is its ordinary Sino-Japanese reading がっこう.