始業式(しぎょうしき)

しぎょうしき
noun
opening ceremony; start-of-term ceremony
education
1. start-of-term ceremony; school opening ceremony
a formal ceremony held at schools to mark the beginning of a new term or semester
新学期(しんがっき)は始業式(しぎょうしき)から始(はじ)まる。
The new term starts with the opening ceremony.
始業式(しぎょうしき)の日(ひ)は早(はや)く学校(がっこう)に行(い)った。
I went to school early on the day of the opening ceremony.
始業式(しぎょうしき)で新(あたら)しい担任(たんにん)の先生(せんせい)が紹介(しょうかい)された。
Our new homeroom teacher was introduced at the opening ceremony.

Cultural note

Held at the start of each of the three school terms: April, late August or September, and January. In April it falls around the same day as the separate entrance ceremony for new pupils (入学式(にゅうがくしき)).

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Related Words

Antonym: 終業式(しゅうぎょうしき) (closing ceremony)
Related: 入学式(にゅうがくしき) (entrance ceremony)
Related: 卒業式(そつぎょうしき) (graduation ceremony)
Related: 修了式(しゅうりょうしき) (completion ceremony)
Related: 新学年(しんがくねん) (new school year)
Compare: 開始式(かいししき) (opening ceremony)
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Added 2026.1.27 20:29 · Revised 2026.10.1 17:29
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