学校

• 読み: がっこう
• ローマ字: gakkou
• 漢字の分解: 学 (gaku/mana) — learning, study; 校 (kou) — school, institution
• 発音: /ɡak.koː/

意味

School. The general term for any educational institution from elementary to high school.

A noun used broadly to refer to schools at all levels. In Japan, the school system consists of elementary school (小学校, 6 years), middle school (中学校, 3 years), and high school (高校, 3 years). Often appears in compound words like 小学校 and 中学校.

例文

1. 毎日学校に行きます。
2. 学校は八時半に始まります。
3. 私の学校は駅の近くにあります。

使い方ガイド

場面: education, daily life, commuting

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 学 (learning, study) and 校 (school, institution). Both kanji were adopted from Chinese, where the term referred to places of formal education.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal