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登校

とうこう

going to school; attendance at school

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Examples

  1. 毎朝八時に登校します。

    まいあさはちじにとうこうします。

    I go to school at eight every morning.

  2. 台風のため、登校の時間が遅くなった。

    たいふうのため、とうこうのじかんがおそくなった。

    Because of the typhoon, the time for coming to school was pushed back.

  3. 息子はもう一年近く登校していない。

    むすこはもういちねんちかくとうこうしていない。

    My son has not attended school for nearly a year now.

Common patterns

登校する
to go to school
集団登校
walking to school in a group
登校拒否
school refusal

Memory tip

登 'climb/go up' plus 校 'school' — pupils historically 'went up' to school. It is only used of pupils travelling to school, never of a parent visiting; the return trip is 下校.

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