本校(ほんこう)

ほんこう
noun
this school; main campus
formaleducation
1. this school; our school
The school that is speaking or writing — used by a school about itself in official documents, websites, and announcements.
本校(ほんこう)の歴史(れきし)。
The history of our school.
本校(ほんこう)では制服(せいふく)を着用(ちゃくよう)します。
At our school, uniforms are worn.
本校(ほんこう)は地域(ちいき)の方々(かたがた)に支(ささ)えられて百年(ひゃくねん)を迎(むか)えました。
Supported by the local community, our school has reached its hundredth year.
2. main campus; main school
The principal campus of a school that also operates one or more branch campuses (分校(ぶんこう)).
本校(ほんこう)は駅(えき)の近(ちか)くにある。
The main campus is near the station.
来年(らいねん)から分校(ぶんこう)の生徒(せいと)も本校(ほんこう)に通(かよ)う。
From next year, the branch-campus students will attend the main campus too.
山(やま)の上(うえ)の分校(ぶんこう)が閉(と)じられ、子(こ)どもたちは毎日(まいにち)バスで本校(ほんこう)まで通(かよ)っている。
The branch school up in the mountains was closed, and the children now commute to the main campus by bus every day.

Composed of 本(ほん) (main, this) + 校(こう) (school). Which sense applies depends on who is speaking: a school describing itself means sense 1; a contrast with 分校(ぶんこう) means sense 2.

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Sense 1 belongs to formal institutional writing — school websites, printed notices, principals' greetings. A student talking about their own school would say うちの学校(うちのがっこう) instead.

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Compare: 当校(とうこう) (this school)
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Added 2026.8.7 9:23 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02
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