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高等学校
こうとうがっこう
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senior high school
Kōtō gakkō is 高等 (kōtō, “high level”) plus 学校 (gakkō, “school”).
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In a sentence
彼は高等学校の生徒ではありません。
He is not a high school student.
高等学校では英語と数学が重視されている。
English and mathematics are made much of in senior high schools.
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What Wiktionary says
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- “高(こう)等(とう) (kōtō, “high level”) + 学(がっ)校(こう) (gakkō, “school”)”
Source: Wiktionary: 高等学校 (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.