尋常小学校

See also: 尋常小學校

Japanese
Kanji in this term
尋 常 小 学 校
じん
Grade: S		 じょう
Grade: 5		 しょう
Grade: 1		 がく > がっ
Grade: 1		 こう
Grade: 1
goon on’yomi goon kan’on
Alternative spelling
尋常小學校 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

Compound of 尋(じん)常(じょう) (jinjō, “ordinary, common”) + 小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) (shōgakkō, “elementary school”).

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) じんじょーしょーが​っこー [jìńjóó shóógáꜜkkòò] (Nakadaka – [7])[1][2][3]
  • IPA(key): [d͡ʑĩɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː ɕo̞ːɡa̠k̚ko̞ː]

Noun

尋(じん)常(じょう)小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) • (jinjō shōgakkō) ←じんじやうせうがくかう (zinzyau seugakukau)?

  1. (historical) ordinary elementary school
    Coordinate term: 高等小学校 (kōtō shōgakkō, “higher elementary school”)
    • 1958, Bokusui Wakayama, Konpira Mairi‎:
      武(たけ)ちやんの村(むら)も、わたしの村(むら)も寂(さび)しい村(むら)で尋(じん)常(じやう)小(せう)學(がく)校(かう)ばかりしか無(な)かつたのです。
      Take-chan no mura mo, watashi no mura mo sabishii mura de jinjō shōgakkō bakari shika nakatta no desu.
      Both Take-chan's and my villages were deserted, and had only ordinary elementary schools.

Usage notes

The term was used officially from 1886 to 1941, and replaced by the term 国(こく)民(みん)学(がっ)校(こう)初(しょ)等(とう)科(か) (kokumin gakkō shotō-ka, “a primary course at national elementary school”) until 1947.

Descendants
  • → Korean: 심상소학교(尋常小學校) (simsangsohakgyo)

References
  1. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
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