小しょう学がく生せい

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

elementary school student; primary school student

Refers to a child attending elementary school (grades 1–6 in Japan). Neutral, everyday term.

〈人ひと〉が小しょう学がく生せいになるfor someone to become/enter elementary school
来らい年ねん、弟おとうとは小しょう学がく生せいになる。
Next year, my little brother will start elementary school.
小しょう学がく生せい向むけの〈物もの〉something designed/aimed for elementary school students
これは小しょう学がく生せい向むけの辞じ書しょです。
This is a dictionary aimed at elementary school students.
小しょう学がく生せいの頃ころduring one's elementary school days
小しょう学がく生せいの頃ころ、よくこの公こう園えんで遊あそんだ。
When I was in elementary school, I often played in this park.

児じ童どうN3
児童 is the formal, official term used in laws and educational contexts for a school-age child, while 小学生 is the everyday word specifically for an elementary school student.
小しょう中ちゅう学がく生せい
小学生 refers only to elementary school students, while 小中学生 covers both elementary and middle school students together.
ＪＳ
ＪＳ is slang specifically for a female elementary school student, while 小学生 is the neutral, gender-unspecific term for any elementary school student.
学がく童どう
小学生 is the everyday word for an elementary school student, while 学童 is a slightly more formal or bureaucratic term for the same children.

学がく生せいN5
学生 broadly means 'student' and in casual speech often implies a university student, whereas 小学生 specifically means an elementary school student.
中ちゅう学がく生せいN1
小学生 is an elementary school student (grades 1–6), while 中学生 is a junior high school student (grades 7–9), so the two are easily mixed up by learners unfamiliar with the Japanese school system.
幼よう稚ち園えん児じN2
幼稚園児 refers to a preschool-age child (roughly 3–6), whereas 小学生 refers to an elementary school student (roughly 6–12), so learners should not use them interchangeably for age.

Compound of 小学 (elementary school) + 生 (student). A straightforward modern term.