► 動詞
通学 [つうがく] [通学する] meaning: school rank: 3
☆ 彼女は電車で通学している ⇨ She goes to school by train
就学 [しゅうがく] [就学する] meaning: school rank: 4
☆ 彼は今年大学に就学した ⇨ He started going to college this year (☛ Start going to a new school)
登校 [とうこう] [登校する] meaning: school rank: 4
☆ 日本の小学生は普通歩いて登校する ⇨ Japanese elementary school children typically walk to school (☛ Typically about grade school)
復学 [ふくがく] [復学する] meaning: school rank: 4
☆ 彼は病気から回復して復学した ⇨ He recovered from illness and returned to school (☛ Return to school)
► 名詞
学校 [がっこう] meaning: school rank: 1
☆ 学校は今休みだ ⇨ School is off now (☛ Typically means a grade school)
小学校 [(4)しょうがっこう] meaning: school rank: 1
☆ うちの息子は小学校に行っている ⇨ My son is in elementary school
高校 [こうこう] meaning: school rank: 2
☆ うちの息子は高校生だ ⇨ My son is a high school student (☛ In Japan 3 years from 10 to 12th grades)
塾 [(1)じゅく] meaning: school rank: 2
☆ 日本の子供達は学校から帰ってきた後塾に行く ⇨ Japanese kids go to college-entrance-exam-preparation schools after coming home from (regular) schools (☛ Idiotic Japanese educational system)
中学校 [(4)ちゅうがっこう] meaning: school rank: 2
☆ 日本の中学校は米国の学校の七年目から九年目に当たる ⇨ Japanese junior high schools correspond to from 7th to 9th grades in US schools
専門学校 [(5)せんもんがっこう] meaning: school rank: 3
☆ 彼女は看護専門学校に行っている ⇨ She goes to a nursing school (☛ Vocational schools. Common in Japan for mechanics, technicians, artists, etc.)
通学 [つうがく] meaning: school rank: 3
☆ 通学路 ⇨ A route to school
東大 [とうだい] meaning: school rank: 3
☆ 彼は東大出身だ ⇨ He is an alumni of Tokyo University (☛ An abbreviation of 国立東京大学 which is considered the best university in Japan)
学院 [がくいん] meaning: school rank: 4
☆ (☛ An alternate for 学校. Only used in names of schools)
学園 [がくえん] meaning: school rank: 4
☆ 学園祭 ⇨ A school festival
☆ 学園都市 ⇨ A university town (☛ An alternate for 学校. Often implies a school where students develop as humans, not just for academics)
校舎 [(1)こうしゃ] meaning: school rank: 4
☆ 学校の校舎は四十年前のままだった ⇨ The school buildings were unchanged since forty years ago (☛ A school building)
母校 [(1)ぼこう] meaning: school rank: 4
☆ 彼の母校は大阪大学だ ⇨ His alma mater is Osaka University
► 接尾辞
小 [しょう] meaning: school rank: 2
☆ うちの子供は東小に行っている ⇨ My kids go to Higashi elementary school (☛ An abbreviation of 小学校)