閉校|へいこうheikou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbclosing a school (for the day)
  2. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbclosing a school (permanently); shutting down a school
    州しゅう教育委員会きょういくいいんかいはある学校がっこうを閉校へいこうしたいと思おもっていますが、その考かんがえに同意どういしない人々ひとびともいます。↗
    The Council Education Committee wants to close a school, but some people don't agree with the idea.
Conjugation
Dictionary form閉校する(へいこうする)
Polite (masu)閉校します(へいこうします)
Negative (nai)閉校しない(へいこうしない)
polite (masen)閉校しません(へいこうしません)
classical zu / nu閉校せず・閉校せぬ(へいこうせず・へいこうせぬ)
Past (ta)閉校した(へいこうした)
polite (mashita)閉校しました(へいこうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)閉校しなかった(へいこうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)閉校しませんでした(へいこうしませんでした)
Te form閉校して(へいこうして)
Potential閉校できる(へいこうできる)
Passive閉校される(へいこうされる)
Causative閉校させる(へいこうさせる)
Causative passive閉校させられる(へいこうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)閉校すれば(へいこうすれば)
tara閉校したら(へいこうしたら)
Volitional閉校しよう(へいこうしよう)
polite (mashou)閉校しましょう(へいこうしましょう)
Imperative閉校しろ(へいこうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Related休校きゅうこうNeutralMostly a temporary halt to classes, e.g. for weather or an epidemic; can also mean long-term closure with no students left. 閉校 usually means a school closing for good.
  • Antonym開校かいこうNeutralRefers to founding or newly opening a school — the opposite of 閉校, which is about a school closing.

For a temporary shutdown of classes — say, for weather or an epidemic — use 「休校」; when a school is merged or closes for good, say 「閉校」. 「開校」 is for a school being newly opened.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 学校がっこうの授業じゅぎょうを一時的いちじてきに休止きゅうしすること。
  2. 学校がっこうを閉鎖へいさすること。
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