教きょう官かん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

Refers to a teacher or instructor in a formal institutional setting such as a school, training academy, military, or driving school. Often implies a role with authority or specialized training duties.

自じ動どう車しゃ学がっ校こうの教きょう官かんはとても厳きびしかった。
The driving school instructor was very strict.
彼かれは大だい学がくの教きょう官かんとして長なが年ねん教きょう鞭べんをとった。
He taught for many years as a university instructor.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉の教きょう官かんinstructor at 〈place〉
彼かれは自じ衛えい隊たいの教きょう官かんです。
He is an instructor in the Self-Defense Forces.
教きょう官かんになるto become an instructor
彼かの女じょは将しょう来らい、自じ動どう車しゃ学がっ校こうの教きょう官かんになりたいと言いっている。
She says she wants to become a driving school instructor in the future.
教きょう官かんに指し導どうを受うけるto receive guidance from an instructor
新しん入にゅう生せいは教きょう官かんに指し導どうを受うけながら訓くん練れんを続つづけた。
The new recruits continued their training under the guidance of the instructor.

Kanji

教teach, faith, doctrine
官bureaucrat, the government, organ

Related words

教きょう師しN3
教師 is the general word for a teacher, especially at schools, while 教官 specifically denotes an instructor in a formal institution like a military academy or driving school.
講こう師しN2
講師 refers to a lecturer or part-time instructor, often at a university or seminar, whereas 教官 implies an official, often authoritative training role.
先せん生せいN5
先生 is a polite general term of address for teachers and professionals, while 教官 is a formal job title, not used to address someone directly.

Opposites

生せい徒とN4
生徒 means the student being taught, the direct counterpart to 教官, the instructor doing the teaching.

Don't confuse with

教きょう員いんN2
教員 is the broad administrative term for any teaching staff member, while 教官 specifically denotes an instructor with official or military-style authority.
教きょう諭ゆN1
教諭 is the legal title for a licensed schoolteacher in Japan's public education system, while 教官 is used for instructors in specialized or institutional training settings.

Word family

指し導どう教きょう官かん
academic advisor; research supervisor
教きょう練れん教きょう官かん
drill instructor; drillmaster
法ほう務む教きょう官かん
correctional instructor; juvenile detention instructor

Etymology

Compound of 教 (teach) and 官 (official, government position). Originally referred to an official teaching post, now used broadly for instructors in formal training settings.