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私学校 (shigakkou) Japanese meaning: private school | Kotomora

私し学がっ校こう

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Meanings

1

archaic

Archaic term for a privately run school, now largely replaced by 私立学校 (しりつがっこう).

明めい治じ初しょ期きには多おおくの私し学がっ校こうが設せつ立りつされ

Kanji

私private, I, me
学study, learning, science
校exam, school, printing

Related words

私し立りつ学がっ校こう
Modern standard term for private school; 私学校 is its archaic predecessor.

Built from

た

。

Many private schools were established in the early Meiji period.

私し学がく

Etymology

Compound of 私 (し, private) and 学校 (がっこう, school). The reading しがっこう reflects older Sino-Japanese usage.