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商業学校 (shougyougakkou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

商しょう業ぎょう学がっ校こう

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Meanings

1

commercial school

historical term

Historical term for a pre-WWII secondary school focused on business and commerce; replaced by 商業高等学校 in the modern system.

祖そ父ふは戦せん前ぜんに商しょう業ぎょう学がっ校こうを卒そつ業ぎょうした

。

My grandfather graduated from a commercial school before the war.

Kanji

商make a deal, selling, dealing in
業business, vocation, arts
学study, learning, science
校exam, school, printing

Related words

商しょう業ぎょう高こう等とう学がっ校こう
Modern equivalent; 商業学校 is the older, pre-war term.

Word family

高こう等とう商しょう業ぎょう学がっ校こう
higher commercial school (pre-WWII); commercial college

Built from

商しょう業ぎょう+学がっ校こう

Etymology

Compound of 商業 (commerce) and 学校 (school). The term is now historical.