小しょう学がっ校こう

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Common wordJLPTN5Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

noun

elementary school; primary school; grade school

Refers to the first stage of compulsory education in Japan, typically grades 1–6.

私わたしの娘むすめは来らい年ねん小しょう学がっ校こうに入にゅう学がくします。
My daughter will enter elementary school next year.
小しょう学がっ校こうのとき、よくこの公こう園えんで遊あそんだ。
I often played in this park when I was in elementary school.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が小しょう学がっ校こうに通かようfor someone to attend elementary school
娘むすめは近ちかくの小しょう学がっ校こうに通かよっています。
My daughter attends a nearby elementary school.
小しょう学がっ校こうを卒そつ業ぎょうするto graduate from elementary school
来らい年ねん、弟おとうとは小しょう学がっ校こうを卒そつ業ぎょうする。
Next year, my younger brother will graduate from elementary school.
小しょう学がっ校こうの先せん生せいan elementary school teacher
彼かの女じょは小しょう学がっ校こうの先せん生せいになりたいと言いっている。
She says she wants to become an elementary school teacher.
小しょう学がっ校こう時じ代だいone's elementary school days
小しょう学がっ校こう時じ代だいの友とも達だちに久ひさしぶりに会あった。
I met a friend from my elementary school days after a long time.

Kanji

小little, small
学study, learning, science
校exam, school, printing

Don't confuse with

中ちゅう学がっ校こうN5
小学校 is elementary school (grades 1–6), while 中学校 is junior high school (grades 7–9), and learners often mix up which stage each word refers to.
幼よう稚ち園えんN3
小学校 begins compulsory education for children around age six, whereas 幼稚園 is the pre-school kindergarten stage before that, and beginners sometimes confuse the two levels.

Counted with

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

Word family

尋じん常じょう小しょう学がっ校こう
elementary school (Japan, 1886-1941)

Built from

小しょう+学がっ校こう

Etymology

Compound of 小 (small, elementary) + 学校 (school). The term was adopted in the modern education system to denote the first tier of compulsory schooling.