母校
ぼこう
alma mater
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Examples
母校を訪ねた。
ぼこうをたずねた。
I visited my alma mater.
母校のサッカーチームを応援している。
ぼこうのさっかーちーむをおうえんしている。
I root for my old school's soccer team.
彼は母校に戻って英語を教えている。
かれはぼこうにもどってえいごをおしえている。
He went back to his old school and teaches English there.
Common patterns
- 母校を訪れる
- to visit one's old school
- 母校に戻る
- to return to one's old school
- 母校の後輩
- a junior from one's old school
Memory tip
母 "mother" + 校 "school" — the school that raised you. It only means a school you have already graduated from; the school you attend now is just 学校.
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