放ほう課か

noun

dismissal of class; end of the school day

Refers to the moment classes finish for the day. Often used in the compound 放課後 (after school).

See also: 放課後

• 放ほう課かのチャイムが鳴なった。

  The dismissal bell rang.

• 放ほう課か後ご、図と書しょ館かんで勉べん強きょうする。

  I study in the library after school.

noun

recess; break (at school)

Nagoya dialect usage for a break between classes. Not standard Japanese; in most regions 休み時間 or 休憩 is used.

• 名な古ご屋やでは、授じゅ業ぎょうの合あい間まの休やすみを「放ほう課か」と言いうことがある。

  In Nagoya, the break between classes is sometimes called 放課.