高こう専せん

noun

technical college; kōsen

Abbreviation of 高等専門学校. Refers to five-year post-junior-high institutions combining upper secondary and higher education, specializing in engineering and technology.

See also: 高等専門学校

• 兄あには高こう専せんで機き械かい工こう学がくを学まなんでいる。

  My older brother is studying mechanical engineering at a technical college.

• 高こう専せんを卒そつ業ぎょうすると、大だい学がくの3年ねん次じに編へん入にゅうできる場ば合あいがある。

  After graduating from a kōsen, you may be able to transfer into the third year of a university.

noun

higher schools and colleges

Rare, broader sense referring to upper-level educational institutions in general. Not the common modern usage; almost always encountered as the abbreviation for 高等専門学校.

• 戦せん前ぜんの教きょう育いく制せい度どでは、高こう専せんは多た様ような専せん門もん学がっ校こうを含ふくんでいた。

  In the prewar education system, 'kōsen' included various specialized schools.