尋常小学校

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See also: 尋常小學校

Japanese

Kanji in this term
尋	常	小	学	校
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

Compound of 尋(じん)常(じょう) (jinjō, “ordinary, common”) + 小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) (shōgakkō, “elementary school”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じんじょーしょーがっこー (Nakadaka – )^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key):

Noun

尋(じん)常(じょう)小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) • (jinjō shōgakkō) ^{←じんじやうせうがくかう (zinzyau seugakukau)^?}

(historical) ordinary elementary school
Coordinate term: 高等小学校 (kōtō shōgakkō, “higher elementary school”)
- 1958, Bokusui Wakayama, Konpira Mairi‎:
  
  武(たけ)ちやんの村(むら)も、わたしの村(むら)も寂(さび)しい村(むら)で尋(じん)常(じやう)小(せう)學(がく)校(かう)ばかりしか無(な)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

The term was used officially from 1886 to 1941, and replaced by the term 国(こく)民(みん)学(がっ)校(こう)初(しょ)等(とう)科(か) (kokumin gakkō shotō-ka, “a primary course at national elementary school”) until 1947.

Descendants

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

References

^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (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 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

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