ガッコウ
Meanings
Noun
1. school
Pitch accent
ガ
ッコウ
Used in vocabulary (123 in total)
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
school camp; outdoors school
primary school; elementary school; grade school
military academy
School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
senior high school; high school
girls' school
vocational school; technical school
school principal; headmaster
boarding school
educational facility established in affiliation with a government agency
theological school; seminary
school education; formal education
music school; music academy; conservatory
nursing school; nursing college
medical school
school name
elementary and middle schools
normal school (Japan; 1872-1947); teachers' training college
military school; military academy
elementary school (in Japan; 1941-1947)
private school; non-government school; independent school
(army) military academy; Imperial Japanese Army Academy
(legally) incorporated educational institution
cookery school; cooking school; culinary school; culinary academy
agricultural school
military academy; service academy
underground website or online message board for a school where students typically exchange information on tests, commit cyberbullying, etc.
special school; special needs school; school for children with physical or mental disabilities
school for the blind
school for the deaf
affiliated school; school attached to a university
Japanese language school (for non-native speakers)
military preparatory school (for the Imperial Japanese Army)
educational system; school system
night school
summer school
school doctor; school physician
private junior high school
regular school; school that follows the regular curriculum
school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school
merchant-marine school
school for Japanese outside of Japan
English conversation school
vocational school
evening school; night school
Western school; school dedicated to the study of the West and Western languages (late Edo and Meiji periods)
(United States) Air Force Academy
military school
school for girls from wealthy and famous families
miscellaneous school; legal category of schools including certain vocational schools, driving schools, cram schools, etc.
military medical college
specialized training college; advanced vocational school
agricultural school (under the pre-war system)
special school; special needs school
school health
special needs school; special support school
foreign school; school for foreigners; international school
school burglary; school vandalism
special needs school
(former Tokyo) College of Science (since 1951 Tokyo University of Science)
school requisites (supplies)
Physical Training School
school for the blind and dumb
school for people unable to hear and speak
six-year secondary school (type of school introduced in the 1998 revision of the Japanese School Education Law)
international school
Noncommissioned Officer Academy
Ground Staff College
municipal school
school grouping system
parochial school; church school
designated school; priority admission school (for a university)
Chemical School
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 Act
Prize to Schools for Nurturing Creativity
prefectural police academy; prefectural police training school
school for ethnic Koreans (in Japan)
school for girls from wealthy and famous families
Schools for Seamen's Training
Ground Officer Candidate School
The School For Wives
Futaba College of Foreign Languages; FCFL
Art and Architecture School of Waseda University
Art and Architecture School of Waseda University
Kawaguchi Art School of Waseda University
Chuo College of Technology
Futaba College of Confectionary
Ordnance School
Transportation School
private school
Examples (200 in total)
I want to leave school.
I'm at school.
I don't want to go to school.