学がっ級きゅう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

school class; homeroom class

Refers to the organizational unit of students in a school, typically a homeroom class. Often used in educational contexts.

学がっ級きゅうを編へん成せいするto organize/form a class
新しん学がっ期きには新あたらしい学がっ級きゅうを編へん成せいする。
New classes are formed at the start of the new term.
学がっ級きゅうをまとめるto bring a class together (as a teacher)
担たん任にんは学がっ級きゅうをまとめるのに苦く労ろうした。
The homeroom teacher had a hard time bringing the class together.
〈数かず〉学がっ級きゅうあるthere are [a certain number of] classes (in a grade/school)
この学がく年ねんは三さん学がっ級きゅうある。
This grade has three classes.

クラスN5
クラス is a general loanword for any class or group, while 学級 specifically denotes the official homeroom class unit in a Japanese school.
組くみN3
組 is the everyday word used inside schools for a numbered class (e.g. 二組), while 学級 is the more formal, administrative term for the same unit.

学がく年ねんN3
学年 refers to a grade or school year (e.g. all first-graders), whereas 学級 refers to a single homeroom class within that grade.
階かい級きゅうN1
学級 means a school class (a group of students), while 階級 means a social or organizational rank—easy to mix up because of the shared 級.

組くみN3
class of students · group of people; team; crew; party · set; lot; bunch; assortment; deck or pack · organized-crime syndicate; crime family · typesetting; composition

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Compound of 学 (study, learning) and 級 (grade, rank), referring to a graded class in a school.