1.
outside school; off-campus; extramural
Outside the school grounds or beyond the scope of school activities. Used as a modifier to describe activities, events, or locations that take place away from school.
Compound of 校 ('school') and 外 ('outside'). Antonym of 校内 ('inside school; on campus'). Functions primarily as a noun modifier with の, or in compounds like 校外学習.
Usage
- 校外学習 ('off-campus learning') is a standard term in Japanese education for field trips and community-based learning.
- In school rules, 校外 distinguishes between behavior expected on and off school premises.
- The X外 pattern is productive: 社外 ('outside the company'), 国外 ('overseas'), 都外 ('outside Tokyo').
Common collocations
- 校外学習: off-campus learning; field study
- 校外活動: off-campus activities
- 校外での行動: behavior outside school
- 校外に出る: to go outside the school grounds