LingakuFrequency rank: 28,646. – 28,849.
- elementary school; primary school; grade schoolabbreviationsee also 小学校
- school for children over eight years old in ancient Chinahistorical term
- traditional Chinese philology
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- elementary school; primary school; grade school
- school for children over eight years old in ancient China
- traditional Chinese philology
This meaning refers to the first stage of formal education, generally attended by children around 6 to 12 years old. It’s a place where foundational skills such as reading, writing, and arithmetic are taught.
He goes to elementary school.
This meaning refers to an historical context where the term was used for educational institutions in ancient China for children who were typically older than eight, reflecting a different educational system from modern times.
In ancient China, there was a system called elementary school where children over eight learned.
This meaning indicates the study of the Chinese language and its historical texts, focusing on the interpretation and linguistic analysis of classical Chinese literature and scholarly works.
Generated collocations (experimental)
しょうがく小学にかよう通うto attend elementary schoolしょうがっこう小学校をそつぎょう卒業するto graduate from elementary schoolしょうがく小学きょうかしょ教科書elementary school textbookしょうがく小学きょういく教育elementary educationしょうがく小学がくねん学年elementary school gradeがくりょく学力のこうじょう向上improvement of academic abilityにっぽん日本のしょうがく小学elementary school in Japanしょうがくかん小学館Shogakukan (a major publishing company in Japan)しょうがく小学じだい時代elementary school daysほうかご放課後のしょうがく小学after school activities in elementary schoolしょうがく小学のせんせい先生elementary school teacherじどうぶんがく児童文学children's literature (related to elementary school level)
Wiktionary definitions (experimental)
- なつ夏・いん殷・しゅう周においてはちさい八歳いじょう以上のじどう児童をきょういく教育したがっこう学校．.
- きんせい近世いぜん以前のちゅうごく中国における、けいがく経学のひとつでもじ文字・おんいん音韻をけんきゅう研究するがくもん学問．.
- きごう「しょうがっこう小学校きごう」のりゃく略．.
- げんざい現在のにほんご日本語においては、きごう「しょうがく小学きごう○ねんせい年生きごう」きごう「きごう○きごう○しょうがく小学そつぎょう卒業きごう」とう等ふくごうご複合語にしよう使用．.たんどく単独でのしようれい使用例はまれとなっている．.
- かみたき上滝嵬これは、しょうがく小学いらい以来のともだち友だちなり．.きごう（あくたがわ芥川りゅうのすけ龍之介きごう『がっこう学校ともだち友だちきごう』きごう）
- ねん年にしゅき朱熹がりゅう劉し子きよし澄にへんさん編纂させたじゅきょうてき儒教的なしょとう初等きょうかしょ教科書．.
Example sentences
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My fifth-year junior school son has transferred into a school in Nagoya from Shizuoka.
Some Japanese may continue to sleep with both parents even during elementary school days.
Elementary school children go to school for a term of six years.
In her elementary school days, Mary dreamed of becoming a teacher.
This problem is too difficult for primary school children to solve.
Tom has memorised so many kanji that he can read books for primary school children.
In elementary school, I was a prodigy and I was mostly the first or second best student in my class.
11. しょうがく小学じぶん時分は、こころ心から、せんせい先生をえらいひとえらい人だとおもっていた思っていたから、せんせい先生のたいど態度、きょうくん教訓で、うごかされた動かされたが、ちゅうがく中学は、ひとつ一つのびじねすビジネスにすぎなかった。
When I was in elementary school I thought, from the bottom of my heart, that the teachers were great people and I was influenced by the teachers' attitudes and moral lessons, but middle school was just a business like any other.
12. このおんなのこ女の子、まだしょうがくせい小学生なのにききざけ利き酒し師のしかく資格をもっている持っているんだってさ。おさけお酒がのめなくて飲めなくてもしかく資格がとれる取れるなんてしらなかった知らなかったよ。
This girl is still in elementary school, yet she has a wine-tasting master license. I didn't know one could get qualified without even drinking alcohol.
When I was in primary school, I dreamt of becoming a pilot.
Don't you think elementary schoolers are taller these days?
The number of elementary school students taking junior high school entrance exams has increased in recent years.