Illustration: Two sturdy concrete gateposts and an open sliding metal gate frame the entrance to a Japanese elementary school. Beyond them lie a shoe-changing entrance, classroom windows and a playground climbing frame.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

校こう門もん

koumon

school gate

Example sentences

  1. 予鈴だ。校門の辺りにいた生徒たちが一斉に足を速める。

    It’s the class bell. The pupils that had been around the school gate quickened their steps as one.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 現在げんざいは小学校しょうがっこうになっていて、校門こうもんの横よこに石碑せきひがある。

    This is now an elementary school, and there is a stone monument beside a school gate.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. 先生せんせいは私わたしに、用意よういは出来できたか、みな校門こうもんのところで君きみを待まっているよと言いった。

    The teacher asked me if I was ready, adding that everybody was waiting for me at the school gate.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 校門

  • 校school; proofreadOnコウ・キョウ
  • 門gate; counter for cannonsOnモンKunかど・と

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