通 学 路(つうがくろ)

つうがくろ

noun

route to school; school route

1. route to school; designated school route

The road children take to and from school. In Japan, elementary schools designate official routes, marked with signs, that pupils are expected to use.

ここは通学路(つうがくろ)です。

This is a school route.

通学路(つうがくろ)に信号(しんごう)が設置(せっち)された。

A traffic light was installed on the school route.

朝(あさ)は地域(ちいき)のボランティアが通学路(つうがくろ)に立(た)って子(こ)どもたちを見守(みまも)っている。

In the mornings, local volunteers stand along the school route to watch over the children.

Road signs reading 通学路(つうがくろ) warn drivers that children walk there; some school routes ban cars during commuting hours.

Common collocations

通学路(つうがくろ)の安全(あんぜん): safety of the school route
通学路(つうがくろ)を歩(ある)く / 通(とお)る: to walk / take the school route
通学路(つうがくろ)の見守(みまも)り: volunteers watching over children on their way to school

Related words

通学(つうがく): going to school
集団登校(しゅうだんとうこう): walking to school in a neighborhood group
登下校(とうげこう): going to and coming home from school

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