Word Meaning 進学校

しんがっこう shingakkou

進学校 is read as しんがっこう (shingakkou) and means school one advances to (e.g. a high school after graduating middle school).

Meaning

English

  1. school one advances to (e.g. a high school after graduating middle school)
  2. school with a high proportion of graduates who go on to university or junior college
  3. school with a high proportion of graduates accepted into high-ranking universities
  4. school focused on preparing students to get into high-ranking universities

Reading

Kana

しんがっこう

Romaji

shingakkou

Writing Variants

  • 進学校 しんがくこう shingakukou

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 29 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 57273 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

高校進学

こうこうしんがく

continuing one's education into high school

進学

しんがく

advancing to the next stage of education

進化発生学

しんかはっせいがく

evolutionary developmental biology

進化生物学

しんかせいぶつがく

evolutionary biology

進化心理学

しんかしんりがく

evolutionary psychology

進化経済学会

しんかけいざいがっかい

Japan Association for Evolutionary Economics

高等学校

こうとうがっこう

senior high school

神学校

しんがっこう

theological school

市立学校

しりつがっこう

municipal school

国民学校

こくみんがっこう

elementary school (in Japan; 1941-1947)

実業学校

じつぎょうがっこう

vocational school

職業能力開発大学校

しょくぎょうのうりょくかいはつだいがっこう

Polytechnic University of Japan