校舎|こうしゃkousha[1]atamadaka (head-high)

JLPT N2approx.Common
Definitions
  1. nounschool building; schoolhouse
    3ヶ月かげつすれば、私わたしたちの新あたらしい校舎こうしゃが完成かんせいするでしょう。↗
    It will be three months before our new school building is completed.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym学舎がくしゃWrittenWritten/formal prose word for a school building or seat of learning; rare. In everyday speech 「校舎」 is the normal choice.
  • Related学び舎まなびやWrittenWritten/formal prose with a literary flavor, used for one's school or alma mater, as in 「懐かしい学び舎」; not everyday speech.

For a school building, 「校舎」 is the default (「新校舎」). 「学舎」 is rare written prose; 「学び舎」 is the literary, nostalgic way to speak of one's school.

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Japanese definitions
  1. (教室きょうしつ棟むねや体育館たいいくかんなど)学校がっこうの建物たてもの。
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