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教科書 (きょうかしょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

教きょう科か書しょ

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Common word›JLPTN3›Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

textbook; coursebook; schoolbook

Standard word for a textbook used in schools or courses.

新あたらしい教きょう科か書しょを買かった。
I bought a new textbook.

この教きょう科か書しょはとてもわかりやすい。

This textbook is very easy to understand.

Usage patterns

〈教きょう科か書しょ〉を読よむto read a/the textbook
授じゅ業ぎょうの前まえに教きょう科か書しょを読よんでおいた。
I read the textbook before class.
〈教きょう科か書しょ〉に載のっているto be included/printed in a textbook
この話はなしは教きょう科か書しょに載のっている。
This story appears in the textbook.
〈教きょう科か書しょ〉通どおりにexactly as the textbook says; by the book
彼かれは教きょう科か書しょ通どおりに答こたえた。
He answered exactly as the textbook stated.
〈教きょう科か書しょ〉を開ひらくto open one's textbook
先せん生せいが教きょう科か書しょを開ひらくように言いった。
The teacher told us to open our textbooks.

Kanji

教teach, faith, doctrine
科department, course, section
書write

Related words

テキストN4
教科書 is the standard word for an officially adopted school textbook, while テキスト is a more casual loanword often used for course materials in cram schools or university classes.
教きょう書しょ
教科書 is the modern standard word for 'textbook', while 教書 in this sense is an obsolete term found only in old texts.
参さん考こう書しょN3
教科書 is the official textbook a class is required to use, while 参考書 is an extra book for self‑study or deeper explanation.
教きょう材ざいN1
教科書 refers specifically to a textbook, while 教材 covers any material used for teaching, including textbooks, handouts, and digital content.
読とく本ほん
教科書 is a standard school textbook used in formal education, whereas 読本 can be a supplementary reader or, historically, a specific pre-war Japanese-language textbook.

Don't confuse with

参さん考こう書しょN3
教科書 is the main textbook used to teach a course, while 参考書 is a supplementary reference book students buy on their own to study further.
教きょう室しつN5
教科書 means 'textbook', not a room or class, but learners sometimes confuse it with 教室 because both start with the kanji 教.
問もん題だい集しゅうN3
教科書 is the main textbook used to teach a subject, while 問題集 is a supplementary book of practice problems used alongside it.

Counted with

冊さつN1
For bound volumes — books, magazines, notebooks.
版はんN2
Counts editions and printings of a publication (初版, 第2版).

Word family

教きょう科か書しょ問もん題だい
textbook controversy; school textbook issue
国こく定てい教きょう科か書しょ
government-designated textbook; national textbook
検けん定てい教きょう科か書しょ
authorized textbook; approved textbook

Built from

教きょう科か+書しょ

Etymology

Compound of 教科 (subject of study) + 書 (book).

文もん部ぶ科か学がく省しょう検けん定てい済ずみ教きょう科か書しょ

MEXT-approved textbook; government-authorized textbook