See also: 尋常小學校

Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じん
Grade: S
じょう
Grade: 5
しょう
Grade: 1
がく > がっ
Grade: 1
こう
Grade: 1
goon on'yomi goon kan'on
Alternative spelling
尋常小學校 (kyūjitai)
 尋常小学校 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

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Compound of (じん)(じょう) (jinjō, ordinary, common) + (しょう)(がっ)(こう) (shōgakkō, elementary school).

Pronunciation

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  • (Tokyo) んじょーしょーがっこー [jìńjóó shóógáꜜkkòò] (Nakadaka – [7])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː ɕo̞ːɡa̠k̚ko̞ː]

Noun

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(じん)(じょう)(しょう)(がっ)(こう) (jinjō shōgakkōじんじやうせうがくかう (zinzyau seugakukau)?

  1. (historical) ordinary elementary school
    Coordinate term: 高等小学校 (kōtō shōgakkō, higher elementary school)
    • 1958, Bokusui Wakayama, Konpira Mairi[1]:
      (たけ)ちやんの(むら)も、わたし(むら)(さび)しい(むら)(じん)(じやう)(せう)(がく)(かう)ばかりしか()かつたのです。
      Take-chan no mura mo, watashi no mura mo sabishii mura de jinjō shōgakkō bakari shika nakatta no desu.
      Both Take-chan's and my villages were deserted, and had only ordinary elementary schools.

Usage notes

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The term was used officially from 1886 to 1941, and replaced by the term (こく)(みん)(がっ)(こう)(しょ)(とう)() (kokumin gakkō shotō-ka, a primary course at national elementary school) until 1947.

Descendants

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  • Korean: 심상소학교(尋常小學校) (simsangsohakgyo)

References

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  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN