教諭(きょうゆ)

きょうゆ
noun
teacher (official title)
formaloccupationeducation
1. teacher (official job title, kindergarten through high school)
The legal job title of a fully licensed, regularly employed teacher at a Japanese school below university level. It appears in personnel records, news reports, and formal introductions rather than in everyday speech.
父(ちち)は中学校(ちゅうがっこう)の教諭(きょうゆ)だ。
My father is a junior high school teacher.
来年(らいねん)から小学校(しょうがっこう)教諭(きょうゆ)として働(はたら)く。
From next year I'll be working as an elementary school teacher.
市内(しない)の高校(こうこう)に勤(つと)める教諭(きょうゆ)が、優(すぐ)れた授業(じゅぎょう)で表彰(ひょうしょう)された。
A teacher working at a high school in the city was honoured for the quality of his lessons.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 先生(せんせい): teacher — how you actually address or refer to one; never a job title on paper
  • 教師(きょうし): teacher — the general occupational word, usable of any school and of private tutors
  • 講師(こうし): lecturer, part-time instructor — a different employment category from 教諭(きょうゆ)

Register note: news stories append it directly to a surname, as in 山田(やまだ)教諭(きょうゆ), the way English reports say "Ms Smith, a teacher at…".

Related Words

Compare: 先生(せんせい) (teacher)
Compare: 教師(きょうし) (teacher)
Compare: 講師(こうし) (lecturer, part-time instructor)
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