JLPT N5 · Noun

学校 (gakkou)

学校 (がっこう, gakkou) is a Japanese noun meaning “school”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: がっこう
Romaji: gakkou
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

school · noun

Example sentences

この学校はたくさんの生徒がいます。

This school has many students.

Tatoeba #222600

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 学校

study, learning, scienceガク・まな.ぶ · 8 strokes

exam, school, printingコウ・キョウ · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 学校.

学生がくせいstudent (esp. a university student)大学だいがくuniversity留学生りゅうがくせいoverseas student医学いがくmedicine学部がくぶfaculty (of a university)科学かがくscience入学にゅうがくadmission (to a school or university)文学ぶんがくliterature数学すうがくmathematics大学生だいがくせいuniversity student中学校ちゅうがっこうjunior high school小学校しょうがっこうprimary school学がくlearning進学しんがくadvancing to the next stage of education

Source: JMdict entry 1206730 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.