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.
校外学習に出かける。
To go out for off-campus learning.
校外での活動にも先生の許可が必要だ。
Even for activities off campus, the teacher's permission is required.
校外活動として地域のボランティアに参加した。
As an extracurricular activity, I participated in community volunteer work.
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
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 校内: inside school; on campus — the antonym
- 郊外: suburbs; outskirts — a homophone with a completely different meaning (residential area outside the city center)
- 課外: extracurricular — describes activities beyond the regular curriculum, which may happen either on or off campus