国こく定てい教きょう科か書しょ

noun

government-designated textbook; national textbook

Refers to textbooks authorized or published by the national government, especially in the context of pre-war and wartime Japan. In modern contexts, it may refer to textbooks approved under the national curriculum.

• 戦せん前ぜんの国こく定てい教きょう科か書しょには、当とう時じの価か値ち観かんが色いろ濃こく反はん映えいされている。

  Pre-war national textbooks strongly reflect the values of that era.

• 国こく定てい教きょう科か書しょの内ない容ようは文もん部ぶ科か学がく省しょうの検けん定ていを受うける。

  The content of government-designated textbooks is screened by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.