私し立りつ

also: わたくしりつ

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Meanings

noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

Used for privately run institutions, especially schools, hospitals, and companies. Often contrasted with 公立 (public) and 市立 (municipal).

〈場ば所しょ〉は私し立りつだ~ is a private (institution)
この大だい学がくは私し立りつだ。
This university is a private one.
私し立りつに通かようto attend a private (school)
息子むすこは私し立りつに通かよっている。
My son goes to a private school.
私し立りつを受じゅ験けんするto take the entrance exam for a private school
姉あねは私し立りつを受じゅ験けんした。
My older sister took the entrance exam for a private school.

私し学がく
私学 is a somewhat formal noun for a private educational institution, while 私立 is the everyday adjectival noun used before words like 学校・高校・大学 (私立高校).
私し設せつ
私立 is used narrowly for privately founded schools, hospitals, and similar institutions, while 私設 is the broader term covering any privately set-up facility or system.

公こう立りつN2
私立 refers to privately funded and run institutions, while 公立 refers to those funded and run by local government.
都と立りつN1
都立 means run by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, whereas 私立 means privately run.
区く立りつ
区立 refers to facilities run and funded by a city ward, while 私立 refers to privately run institutions.

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国こく立りつN3
国立 institutions are government-operated, whereas 私立 institutions are privately run.
府ふ立りつN1
府立 refers to an institution run by the Osaka or Kyoto prefectural government, while 私立 refers to a privately run institution.
市し立りつN3
市立 means an institution is run by a city government, while 私立 means it is privately run—the two are also exact homophones (both しりつ), which is why 市立 is sometimes pronounced いちりつ to avoid confusion.
県けん立りつN3
県立 institutions are established and funded by a prefectural government, while 私立 institutions are privately established and run, making them opposites in ownership.
州しゅう立りつ
私立 refers to privately established institutions, whereas 州立 refers to institutions run by a state government.

市し立りつN3
私立 (private) and 市立 (municipal) are pronounced identically as しりつ, so context or the special reading わたくしりつ is needed to tell them apart.
私し的てき
私立 describes privately-run institutions like schools or hospitals, whereas 私的 describes personal, non-official matters or activities; they are not interchangeable despite both translating as 'private'.

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私立Usage100%
- しりつ
  Standard kanji spelling. The reading しりつ is homophonous with 市立 (municipal), so わたくしりつ is sometimes used in speech to disambiguate.
- わたくしりつ
  Spoken disambiguation reading to avoid confusion with 市立 (しりつ). Not a standard reading in formal writing.
わたくしりつ

Compound of 私 (private) and 立 (establish). The reading わたくしりつ is a kun'yomi-based disambiguation reading for 私.