高こう等とう女じょ学がっ校こう

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Meanings

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historical term

Historical term for a secondary school for girls in Japan before the post-WWII educational reforms. Often abbreviated as 高女 (こうじょ).

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My grandmother graduated from a girls' high school (pre-WWII).

高こう等とう女じょ学がっ校こうは戦せん後ごの学がく制せい改かい革かくで新しん制せい高こう等とう学がっ校こうに変かわった。

Girls' high schools were converted into new-system high schools after the post-war educational reforms.