Illustration: At the entrance of a Japanese elementary school, children exchange outdoor shoes for indoor shoes beside rows of low cubbies. Several wear randoseru backpacks, and an older pupil kneels to help a small first-year child with a stubborn heel.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

小しょう学がっ校こう

shougakkou

elementary school

Example sentences

  1. あなたは小学校しょうがっこうに通かよっているの？

    Do you go to an elementary school?

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  2. 弟おとうとは小学校しょうがっこうへ通かよっています。

    My little brother goes to an elementary school.

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  3. 私わたしは名古屋なごやの小学校しょうがっこうに通かよった。

    I went to elementary school in Nagoya.

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Kanji in 小学校

  • 小little; smallOnショウKunちいさい・こ-・お-
  • 学study; learningOnガクKunまなぶ
  • 校school; proofreadOnコウ・キョウ

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