小学校(しょうがっこう)

しょうがっこう
noun
elementary school
1. elementary school, primary school
A school for children aged 6-12, covering grades 1-6 in Japan.
子供(こども)は来年(らいねん)小学校(しょうがっこう)に入(はい)ります。
My child will enter elementary school next year.
小学校(しょうがっこう)は家(いえ)から近(ちか)いです。
The elementary school is close to my house.
小学校(しょうがっこう)の先生(せんせい)になりたいです。
I want to become an elementary school teacher.
小学校(しょうがっこう)の時(とき)は毎日(まいにち)歩(ある)いて通(かよ)いました。
When I was in elementary school, I walked there every day.
日本(にほん)の小学校(しょうがっこう)では給食(きゅうしょく)が出(で)ます。
School lunches are served at elementary schools in Japan.

小学校(しょうがっこう) is elementary school, the first stage of Japan's compulsory education system.

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Public elementary education is free. Most students walk to their local school and wear a backpack called ランドセル.

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