School
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Types of Schools
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Romaji
|
| school | gakkou |
| elementary school | shougakkou |
| middle school | chuugaku |
| high school | koukou/koutougakkou |
| kindergarten | youchien |
| private school | shiritsu gakkou |
| technical school | shokugyou gakkou |
| evening school | yagaku |
| cram school | juku |
| university | daigaku |
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Classroom Items
|
Romaji
|
| eraser | keshigomu |
| chalkboard | kokuban |
| chalkboard eraser | kokubankeshi |
| chalk | chooku |
| pencil | enpitsu |
| pen | pen |
| map | chizu |
| book | hon |
| bookcase | hondana |
| dictionary | jisho |
| encyclopedia | hyakkajiten |
| ruler | jougi |
| school bag | tsuugaku kaban |
| paper | kami |
| desk | tsukue |
| chair | isu |
| pencil sharpener | enpitsukezuri |
| textbook | kyoukasho |
| notebook | choumen |
| assignment book | shukudai chou |
| homework/assignment | shukudai |
| test | shiken |
| computer | konpyuutaa |
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Parts of a School
|
Romaji
|
| classroom | kyoushitsu |
| gym | taiikukan |
| hallway | rouka |
| lab | jikkenshitsu |
| library | toshokan / toshoshitsu |
| main office | jimushitsu |
| professor's office | kenkyuushitsu |
| playground/school yard | koutei |
| dorm room | ryou |
| bathroom/toilet room | toire |
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People in School
|
Romaji
|
| student | gakusei/seito |
| teacher | kyoushi |
| teacher (form of address) | sensei |
| principal | kouchou - sensei |
| vice principal | kyouto - sensei |
| classmate | kyuuyuu |
| schoolmate | gakuyuu |
| librarian | toshokanin |
| janitor | youmuin |
| professor | kyouju |
| university president | gakuchou |
| transfer student | tenkousei |
| senior (elder) student | senpai |
| first year student | ichinensei |
| second year student | ninensei |
| third year student | sannensei |
| fourth year student | yonensei |
You will notice that many of the
school subjects end in gaku. Gaku means "study of" in this case and is similar
to the "ology" that is attached to some English subjects.
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Subjects
|
Romaji
|
| accounting | kaikeigaku |
| algebra | daisuugaku |
| anatomy | kaibougaku |
| anthropology | jinruigaku |
| archeology | koukogaku |
| architecture | kenchikugaku |
| art | bijutsu |
| astronomy | tenmongaku |
| biology | seibutsugaku |
| botany | shokubutsugaku |
| calculus | bisekibungaku |
| chemistry | kagaku |
| economics | keizai |
| engineering | kougaku |
| foreign language | gaikokugo |
| geography | chiri |
| geology | chishitsugaku |
| geometry | kikagaku |
| history | rekishi |
| law | hougaku |
| literature | bungaku |
| math | suugaku |
| medicine | igaku |
| music | ongaku |
| philosophy | tetsugaku |
| physics | butsurigaku |
| psychology | seirigaku |
| science | kagaku |
| sociology | shakaigaku |
| statistics | toukeigaku |
| trigonometry | sankakuhou |
| zoology | doubutsugaku |
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