Japanese Vocab : School 学校

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Japanese Vocab Lesson 3: School 学校- Review Notes

With back to school coming up soon, what better time to start learning Japanese school vocabulary? In these notes we will review the vocabulary from today’s video and more! Learn the words for paper, notebook, bag, and desk in Japanese!

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Number 1:

★　Today we went to gakkō! Gakkō means school, but there are different words for specific kinds of schools, just like there are in English.

　　小学校　　Shōgakkō　　Elementary school

　　中学校　　Chūgakkō　　Middle School

　　高校　　　Kōkō　　　　  High School

　　大学　　　Daigaku　　　College

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Example:

来週から学校が始まります。

Raishū kara gakkō ga hajimarimasu.

School will start next week.

★　The Japanese word for classroom is kyōshitsu!

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Number 3:

★　The Japanese word for teacher is sensei.

★　Sensei can also be used as a title for other highly regarded people such as doctors, lawyers, accomplished artists, novelists, etc.

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Number 4:

★　Seito means student or students in Japanese!

★　There are other words for specific types of students, as there are in English.

　小学生　Shōgakusei   Elementary school student

　中学生　Chūgakusei 　Middle school student

　高校生　Kōkōsei 　　   High school student

　大学生　Daigakusei 　 College student

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Number 5:

★　Enpitsu means pencil in Japanese!

★    The kanji for enpitsu is 鉛筆 – Although people use this kanji sometimes, it is also common to write this word just using hiragana.

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Number 6:

★　The Japanese word for eraser is keshigomu! There are many kinds of keshigomu in Japan. They even have ones that are shaped like sushi!

★　Keshigomu is often written by using a combination of kanji, hiragana and katakana 消しゴム – The word　消す (kesu) means “to erase” and ゴム (gomu) means “rubber.” When combined, 消しゴム (keshigomu) means “eraser.”

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Number 7:

★　The Japanese word for textbook is kyōkasho. 

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Number 8:

★　We like to write on the kokuban.

★    Kokuban literally means blackboard. The kanji is written with 黒 which means black, and 板 which means board!

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Additional school vocabulary:

　　　　　ペン　　　　　pen               　pen

　　　　　ノート　　　　nōto             　notebook

　　　　　テスト　　　    tesuto         　 test

机　　　　つくえ　　　    tsukue       　  desk

鞄　　　　かばん　　　　kaban          　bag

紙　　　　かみ　　　　　kami            　paper

授業　　　じゅぎょう　　jugyō　          class/lesson

宿題　　　しゅくだい　　shukudai     　homework

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Conclusion:

We learned a lot of new Japanese words to use when we go to school! But there are always more words! Study the additional vocab list to expand your Japanese knowledge! And of course, make sure to watch the next episode of our new Japanese vocabulary series!

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Cute Japanese school supplies!

リラックマの筆箱 – Rirakkuma Fudebako
(rilakkuma pencase)

リラックマノート – rirakkuma nōto
(rilakkuma notebook)

シャープペンシル – shāpu penshiru
(mechanical pencil)

かわいいけしゴム – kawaii keshigomu
(cute erasers)

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