国民学校
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See also: 國民學校
Chinese
| For pronunciation and definitions of 国民学校 – see 國民學校 (“elementary school”). (This term is the simplified form of 國民學校). |
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Japanese
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 国 | 民 | 学 | 校 |
| こく Grade: 2 |
みん Grade: 4 |
がく > がっ Grade: 1 |
こう Grade: 1 |
| on'yomi | goon | kan'on | |
| Alternative spelling |
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| 國民學校 (kyūjitai) |
Etymology
Compound of 国民 (kokumin, “nationals, citizens”) + 学校 (gakkō, “school”). Calque of German Volksschule (“primary school”, literally “people-school”).
Pronunciation
Noun
国民学校 • (kokumin gakkō) ←こくみんがくかう (kokumin gakukau)?
- (historical) elementary school, national elementary school
- 2018 December 8 (last accessed), “Kokumin gakko”, in Kodomo-tachi no mita sensō , Hiroshima Virtual Museum, archived from the original on 11 November 2017:
- 国民学校は国民の基礎的錬成をなす学校とされ、心身を鍛え、国のため天皇のために身を捧げることが求められました。
- Kokumin gakkō wa kokumin no kisoteki rensei o nasu gakkō tosare, shinshin o kitae, kuni no tame tennō no tame ni mi o sasageru koto ga motomeraremashita.
- Kokumin gakko was considered as a school to provide basic training for all citizens, to discipline mind and body, to seek to sacrifice one's body for the country and for the Emperor.
- 国民学校は国民の基礎的錬成をなす学校とされ、心身を鍛え、国のため天皇のために身を捧げることが求められました。
Usage notes
The term was used officially from 1941 to 1947, later replaced by the term 小学校 (shōgakkō, “primary school”).
Descendants
- → Chinese: 國民學校 / 国民学校 (guómín xuéxiào)
- → Indonesian: sekolah rakyat (calque)
- → Korean: 국민학교 (gungminhakgyo)
- → Malay: sekolah rendah, sekolah kebangsaan (calque)
See also
- 尋常小学校 (jinjō shōgakkō)
- 高等小学校 (kōtō shōgakkō)
Education in the Empire of Japan on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ 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
- Gibney, Frank (ed.). 2014. Buritanika kokusai dai hyakka jiten. Tokyo: TBS Britannica.