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高等専門学校 (こうとうせんもんがっこう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

高こう等とう専せん門もん学がっ校こう

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Meanings

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noun

technical college; institute of technology

A five-year post-secondary educational institution in Japan combining upper secondary and higher education, often specializing in engineering and technology. Commonly abbreviated as 高専 (こうせん).

彼かれは高こう等とう専せん門もん学がっ校こうで機き械かい工こう学がくを学まなんだ。
He studied mechanical engineering at a technical college.

高こう等とう専せん門もん学がっ校こうは、中ちゅう学がっ校こう卒そつ業ぎょう後ごに入にゅう学がくできる5年ねん制せいの学がっ校こうです。

A technical college is a five-year school that students can enter after graduating from junior high school.

Written forms

高こう等とう専せん門もん学がっ校こう
Standard kanji spelling; the full formal name of the institution.
高こう専せん
Common abbreviation used in everyday speech and official contexts.

Kanji

高tall, high, expensive
等etc., and so forth, class (first)
専specialty, exclusive, mainly
門gate, counter for cannons
学study, learning, science
校exam, school, printing

Similar words

専せん門もん学がっ校こう
専門学校 is a vocational school offering specialized training, typically for two years after high school, while 高等専門学校 is a five-year institution starting after junior high school.
大だい学がく
大学 is a university offering bachelor's degrees and higher, while 高等専門学校 is a college of technology focusing on practical engineering education.

Etymology

Compound of 高等 (higher) + 専門 (specialized) + 学校 (school). The term was coined in the 1960s when the system of colleges of technology was established in Japan.