教科書

• 読み: きょうかしょ
• ローマ字: kyoukasho
• 漢字の分解: 教 (kyou) — teach; 科 (ka) — subject; 書 (sho) — book
• 発音: /kʲoː.ka.ɕo/

意味

Textbook. A book used as a standard work for the study of a school subject.

A noun referring to officially approved textbooks used in schools. Japan has a rigorous textbook approval system (教科書検定) overseen by the Ministry of Education. Also used figuratively to mean 'a model example' (教科書通り — by the book, textbook-perfect). Different from 参考書 (reference book) which supplements textbooks.

例文

1. 新学期の教科書を買いに行った。
2. 教科書に載っている例文を読んだ。
3. 彼のプレゼンは教科書通りだった。

使い方ガイド

場面: school, education, study

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Composed of 教 (teach), 科 (subject, branch), and 書 (book, writing). Together they describe a book for teaching subjects — literally a 'teaching-subject-book.'

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: Students and educators

社会的背景: Universal