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女子高 (joshikou) Japanese meaning: girls' high school | Kotomora

女じょ子し高こう

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Common word›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

girls' high school

abbreviation

Abbreviation of 女子高等学校. Used in casual and everyday contexts.

See also: 女子高等学校

彼かの女じょは地じ元もとの女じょ子し

高こう

に

通かよ

っ

て

いる

。

She attends a local girls' high school.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が女じょ子し高こうに通かようto attend a girls' high school
妹いもうとは女じょ子し高こうに通かよっている。
My younger sister attends a girls' high school.

Kanji

女woman, female
子child, sign of the rat, 11PM-1AM
高tall, high, expensive

Opposites

男だん子し高こう
女子高 is a high school for girls, while 男子高 is the equivalent term for a boys' high school.

Politeness

女じょ子し高こう等とう学がっ校こうpolite 丁寧語
女子高 is the casual, everyday abbreviation, while 女子高等学校 is the full formal name used in official documents and titles.

Don't confuse with

女じょ子し大だい
女子高 refers to a girls' high school, while 女子大 refers to a women's university—easy to mix up because both are abbreviations for single-sex schools.

Word family

女じょ子し高こう生せい
female high school student

Built from

女じょ子し+高こう

Etymology

Abbreviation of 女子高等学校 (girls' high school).