同級生

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word 同級生. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word 同級生, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say 同級生 in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word 同級生 you have here. The definition of the word 同級生 will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of同級生, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
同 級 生
どう
Grade: 2 		きゅう
Grade: 3 		せい
Grade: 1
kan'yōon kan'on
 同級生 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology

Compound of 同(どう)級(きゅう) (dōkyū) + 生(せい) (-sei, “student”).

First attested in 1901.

Pronunciation

Noun

同(どう)級(きゅう)生(せい) • (dōkyūsei) ←どうきふせい (doukifusei)?

  1. a classmate (student of the same class)
    Synonym: クラスメート (kurasumēto)
    いやな同(どう)級(きゅう)生(せい)に出(で)会(あ)った。
    Iya na dōkyūsei ni deatta.
    I encountered a classmate that I did not want to meet.
    • 2009 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi, “どこ吹く風 ”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) , volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 40:
      奴(やつ)とは高(こう)校(こう)時(じ)代(だい)の同(どう)級(きゅう)生(せい)。
      Yatsu to wa kōkō jidai no dōkyūsei.
      That guy was my classmate in high school.
  2. a schoolmate who attends school in the same year
    Synonyms: 校友 (kōyū), 学友 (gakuyū)
    (Can we add an example for this sense?)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “同級生”, in 日本国語大辞典 ‎ (in Japanese), concise edition, Tokyo: Shogakukan, 2006
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (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 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia