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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

母ぼ校こう

bokou

former school, alma mater

Example sentences

私わたしたちは母校ぼこうを訪おとずれた。
We visited our old school.
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ハーバードはトムの母校ぼこうだよ。
Harvard is Tom’s alma mater.
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トムの母校ぼこうは、マサチューセッツ工科大学こうかだいがくです。
Tom’s alma mater is MIT.
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Kanji in 母校

母motherOnボKunはは・も
校school; proofreadOnコウ・キョウ

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