学がっ校こう

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Meanings

noun

school

General term for any educational institution, from elementary to high school and beyond. Often used in compounds.

毎まい日にち、学がっ校こうへ歩あるいて行いきます。
I walk to school every day.
学がっ校こうが終おわったら、友とも達だちと遊あそぶ。
After school, I play with my friends.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が学がっ校こうに行いくfor someone to go to school
毎まい朝あさ７時じに学がっ校こうに行いきます。
I go to school at 7 every morning.
学がっ校こうに通かようto attend school regularly
弟おとうとは電でん車しゃで学がっ校こうに通かよっている。
My younger brother commutes to school by train.
学がっ校こうを休やすむto be absent from school
熱ねつがあったので学がっ校こうを休やすんだ。
I had a fever, so I stayed home from school.
学がっ校こうを卒そつ業ぎょうするto graduate from school
来らい年ねん、この学がっ校こうを卒そつ業ぎょうします。
I will graduate from this school next year.
学がっ校こうで〈事こと〉を学まなぶto learn something at school
学がっ校こうで日本にほんの歴れき史しを学まなんでいます。
I'm learning Japanese history at school.

Kanji

学study, learning, science
校exam, school, printing
學learning, knowledge, school

Related words· 6

学がく園えんN1
学校 is the plain, everyday word for a school, while 学園 sounds more formal or elegant and often refers to private or combined-level institutions (like 〇〇学園).
教きょう習しゅう所じょ
学校 is the general word for any school, while 教習所 specifically denotes a vocational or technical training institute, most often a driving school.
スクールN2
学校 is the general term for any school, especially regular academic institutions, while スクール is a loanword often used for private, specialized, or branded schools.
校こうN1
学校 is the full standalone word for 'school', while 校 is a bound suffix used only inside compound names like 高校 or as a counter for schools.

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日本にほん語ご学がっ校こうN5
学校 is the general word for any school, while 日本語学校 specifically refers to a school where non-native speakers study Japanese.
学がく院いん
学校 is the general, everyday word for a school, while 学院 is a more formal term often reserved for private or specialized institutions' proper names.

Don't confuse with

格かっ好こうN4
学校 (がっこう, 'school') and 格好 (かっこう, 'appearance/shape') sound almost identical but are completely unrelated in meaning.
校こう舎しゃN2
学校 refers to a school as an institution or concept, while 校舎 refers only to the physical building where classes are held.

Counted with

校こうN1
school (suffix/counter) · proofreading; proof (counter)

Word family· 95

小しょう学がっ校こうN5
elementary school; primary school; grade school
中ちゅう学がっ校こうN5
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
小しょう中ちゅう学がっ校こう
elementary and middle schools
神しん学がっ校こう
theological school; seminary
女じょ学がっ校こう
girls' school

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盲もう学がっ校こう
school for the blind
専せん門もん学がっ校こうN4
vocational school; technical school
高こう等とう学がっ校こうN4
senior high school; high school
日本にほん語ご学がっ校こうN5
Japanese language school
兵へい学がっ校こう
military academy; service academy
医い学がっ校こう
medical school
大だい学がっ校こう
government-affiliated educational institution
学がっ校こう医い
school doctor; school physician
学がっ校こう祭さい
school festival
学がっ校こう長ちょう
school principal; headmaster
洋よう学がっ校こう
Western school; school for Western studies

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Written forms

学がっ校こうUsage100%
Standard modern kanji spelling.
學がっ校こうUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Kyūjitai form; not used in modern Japanese.
ガッコウUsage0%

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound of 学 “learning” and 校 “school,” based on the established Chinese word 學校. The reading がっこう reflects consonant assimilation in がく＋こう.