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同窓 (dousou) Japanese meaning: same school graduate | Kotomora
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He is a fellow alumnus of my university.
An alumni reunion will be held next month.
Related words 同級生 means a classmate in the same grade or class, while 同窓 refers specifically to someone who graduated from the same school, regardless of grade.
校友 is a more formal or literary term for a schoolmate or alumnus, often used in university contexts, whereas 同窓 is the everyday word for this relationship.
Don't confuse with 同郷 means people share the same hometown or region, while 同窓 means people attended the same school, so the two are often mixed up because both start with 同 and describe a shared background.
同窓 means being alumni of the same school (regardless of year), while 同級 means being in the same grade or class as someone.
Etymology Compound of 同 (same) and 窓 (window), originally referring to students who studied under the same window, i.e., the same school.
