がっこう
Meanings
Noun
1. school
Pitch accent
っこう
Used in vocabulary (86 in total)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
primary school; elementary school; grade school
military academy
vocational school; technical school
school for the blind
senior high school; high school
girls' school
outdoors school
boarding school
theological school; seminary
educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency
school education; formal education
music school; music academy; conservatory
nursing school; nursing college
normal school (pre-war Japan); teachers' training college
school's name
elementary school (in Japan; 1941-1947)
private school; non-government school
(US) Military Academy
(legally) incorporated educational institution
cookery school; cooking school; culinary school; culinary academy
agricultural school
naval academy
underground website or online message board for a school where students typically exchange information on tests, commit cyberbullying, etc.
school for the handicapped; special school
school for the deaf
Japanese language school
summer school
night school
school physician
regular school; school that follows the regular curriculum
affiliated school
private junior high school
merchant-marine school
school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school
English conversation school
school for Japanese outside of Japan
vocational school
Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)
evening school; night school
military school
vocational school
military medical college
(special) vocational school
special school; special needs school
school health
special needs school; special support school
school burglary; school vandalism
school requisites (supplies)
school for the blind and dumb
six-year secondary school (type of school introduced in the 1998 revision of the Japanese School Education Law)
municipal school
school for the deaf and dumb
school grouping system
parochial school; church school
designated school; priority admission school (for a university)
citizenship training school
special school for handicapped children
school bond or debenture
private school that allows students to advance from one stage of education to the next, often kindergarten to university, without taking entrance exams en route; (lit.) escalator school
private school that allows students to advance from one stage of education to the next, often kindergarten to university, without taking entrance exams en route; (lit.) escalator school
school grammar; system of Japanese grammar used in Japanese schools and dictionaries
National School Establishment Law (1949)
Prize to Schools for Nurturing Creativity
prefectural police academy; prefectural police training school
private school
Examples (200 in total)
I want to leave school.
School was exciting.
I don't want to go to school.