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高校生
こうこうせい
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high school student
Kōkōsei is 高校 (kōkō, “high school”) plus 生 (-sei, “student; pupil”).
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In a sentence
高校生ですか？
Are you a senior high school student?
私は高校生です。
I'm a high school student.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “高(こう)校(こう) (kōkō, “high school”) + 生(せい) (-sei, “student; pupil”).”
Source: Wiktionary: 高校生 (dump of 2026-09-02), available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Reading, meaning and part of speech from JMdict, and kanji readings from KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG).
What the labels mean
- 漢語 Sino-Japanese
- Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.
- Compound
- Two or more words or stems joined into one.