校こう

suffix, counter

school (suffix/counter)

Attaches to school names or types to form the name of a school, or used as a counter for schools. Common in compounds like 小学校, 中学校, 高等学校, and in counting expressions like 一校.

• この町まちには小しょう学がっ校こうが三さん校こうあります。

  There are three elementary schools in this town.

• 彼かれは都と内ないの私し立りつ校こうに通かよっている。

  He attends a private school in Tokyo.

noun, counter

proofreading; proof (counter)

Refers to the act of proofreading or a proof sheet. As a counter, it counts proofs or proofreading rounds (e.g., 初校, 再校). Often used in publishing contexts.

• 原げん稿こうの初しょ校こうが上あがってきた。

  The first proof of the manuscript has come in.

• 校こう正せい者しゃは三さん校こうまでチェックする。

  The proofreader checks up to the third proof.