教室|きょうしつkyoushitsu[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounclassroom; lecture room
- noundepartment (in a university)
- nounclass; lessons; course
- nounschool (for a particular discipline); teaching establishment
- SynonymクラスルームNeutralLoanword for the classroom as a room; uncommon in daily conversation, seen mostly in English-education contexts or product names.
- Synonym教場きょうじょうWrittenWritten/formal word for a place of instruction, academic or martial; also used at universities and police academies; rare in daily speech.
- RelatedクラスNeutralRefers to the group of students or the lessons themselves, not the room; 「教室」 stresses the room where lessons take place.
- Related学級がっきゅうWrittenA class formed by grouping students into set numbers; mostly institutional or administrative use, as in 「学級崩壊」 and 「学級委員」.
Use 「教室」 for the room where lessons are held. For the group of students or the course, use 「クラス」; 「学級」 appears in formal school contexts. 「クラスルーム」 and 「教場」 are rare in everyday speech.
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