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県立高等学校 (けんりつこうとうがっこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

県けん立りつ高こう等とう学がっ校こう

also: けんりつこうこう

Meanings

1

noun

prefectural senior high school; public senior high school

A senior high school operated by a prefectural government. In Japan, most public high schools are prefectural.

彼かれは県けん立りつ高こう等とう学がっ校こうに通かよっています。
He attends a prefectural senior high school.
県けん立りつ高こう校こうの入にゅう試しは来らい月げつです。
The entrance exam for the prefectural high school is next month.

Written forms

県けん立りつ高こう等とう学がっ校こう
Standard formal name for a prefectural senior high school.
県けん立りつ高こう校こう
Common abbreviated form; 高等学校 is shortened to 高校.

Kanji

県prefecture
立

stand up, rise, set up

高tall, high, expensive

等etc., and so forth, class (first)

学study, learning, science

校exam, school, printing

Similar words

私し立りつ高こう等とう学がっ校こう
私立高等学校 is a private senior high school, while 県立高等学校 is public and run by the prefecture.
市し立りつ高こう等とう学がっ校こう
市立高等学校 is a municipal senior high school run by a city, as opposed to a prefecture.

Etymology

Compound of 県立 (prefectural) + 高等学校 (senior high school).