Illustration: Outside a neighborhood elementary school after unusually heavy snow, the entrance gate remains shut and the schoolyard lies completely untracked. A staff member on the public side of the gate gently directs two children with school backpacks back toward their waiting parent.

JLPT N2suru verbLevel estimated by Bebop

休きゅう校こう

kyuukou

temporary school closure

Example sentences

  1. 台風たいふうで休校きゅうこうになりました。

    Because of the typhoon, the school was closed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 今日きょうは雪ゆきのため休校きゅうこうです。

    The school is closed today due to snow.

    Wiktionary · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

  3. こんなに寒さむいのに、なんで休校きゅうこうにならないんだろう。

    I wonder why school isn’t being canceled in this cold.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 休校

  • 休rest; day offOnキュウKunやすむ・やすまる・やすめる
  • 校school; proofreadOnコウ・キョウ

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