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底辺校 (teihenkou) Japanese meaning: bottom-tier school | Kotomora
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He worked hard from a bottom-tier school and got into a prestigious university.
In that area, there is a high school regarded as a bottom-tier school.
Kanji 辺 environs, boundary, border Related words 底てい 辺へん 底辺 means 'bottom' or 'base' in a literal or figurative sense; 底辺校 specifically refers to a school at the bottom of the academic hierarchy.
偏へん 差さ 値ち 偏差値 is a numerical measure of academic ranking; 底辺校 is a qualitative, often derogatory label for schools with very low 偏差値.
Etymology Compound of 底辺 (bottom, base) and 校 (school). The exact origin is uncertain, but it likely emerged in modern educational discourse as a derogatory label for the lowest-ranked schools.
