しょうがく
Shougaku
小学 (Shougaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “elementary school, primary school, grade school, school for children over eight years old in ancient China”.
Meanings
- nounelementary school; primary school; grade school
- nounschool for children over eight years old in ancient China
- nountraditional Chinese philology
Examples
彼は小学４年生です。
He is in fourth grade of elementary school.
小学５年の息子が静岡から名古屋の小学校に転入しました。
My fifth-year junior school son has transferred into a school in Nagoya from Shizuoka.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).