Japanese school terms
- 小学校 [shou.gak.kou] Elementary school (lit: small school)
- 中学校 [chuu.gak.kou] Junior High School (lit: middle school)
- 高等学校 [kou.tou.gak.kou] Senior High School (lit: high-level school)
- 操業高等学校 [sou.gyou kou.tou.gak.kou] Commercial Senior High School
- 大学 [dai.gaku] College/University (lit: big school/great school)
- 大学院 [dai.gaku.in] Graduate School/specific vocation/trade school (lit: school institution)
- 学園 [gaku.en] University, a group of related schools (garden of schools)
- 国際学校 [koku.sai gak.kou] an International School
- 留学生 [ryuu.gaku.sei] International/Exchange Student (lit: away-from-home student)
- １年生 [ichi.nen.sei] First year student
- ２年生 [ni.nen.sei] Second-year student
- ３年生 [san.nen.sei] Third-year student
- 生徒 [sei.to] students, pupils
- 学生 [gaku.sei] students, school-attendees
- 先輩 [sem.pai] Senior (i.e. one’s senior relative to speaker)
- 後輩 [kou.hai] Junior (i.e. one’s junior relative to speaker)
- 組 [kumi] the class that a student is in (groups of students which take all the same classes, remaining in this group all years of school)
- 5組 [go kumi] Special Needs education class
- クラブ [ku.ra.bu] club, afterschool activity – e.g. baseball, brass band, English Conversation, astronomy
先生 [sensei] teacher (lit: one who has gone before)
- 校長 [kou.chou] Head of school (lit: school chief)
- 教頭 [kyou.tou] Head of teachers (lit: educational head)
- 教師 [kyou.shi] Instructor, Teacher, Educator (lit: educating professional)
- 担任教師 [tan.nin kyou.shi] Homeroom Teacher, the teacher that is the head of a kumi for all their years in a particular school (lit: teacher in charge)
役職名 [yaku.shoku.mei] Job Titles
- 校長先生 [kou.chou sen.sei] School Headmaster (similar to Principal)
- 教頭先生 [kyo.utou sen.sei] Head Teacher (similar to Vice Principal)
- 校務助手 [kou.mu jo.shu] School Affairs Assistant (さん not 先生)
- 事務官 [ji.mu.kan] Administrative Official (a.k.a. secretary) (さん not 先生)
- 業務員 [gyou.mu.in] Janitorial/Caretaker staff (さん not 先生)
- 栄養職員 [ei.you.shoku.in] Nutritionist (さん not 先生)
- 養護教諭 [you.go.kyou.yu] Nurse, Health Instructor (先生)
- 養護 [you.go] Special Needs Instructor (lit. protective care)
- カウンセラー [ka.u.n.se.raa] School Counselor (psychological, not guidance)
- 国語先生 [koku.go sen.sei] Japanese literacy (parallel to English in America) teacher
- 英語先生 [ei.go sen.sei] English teacher
- 外国(英)語指導助手 [gai.koku.(ei)go shi.dou jo.shu] Foreign Language (English) Couch/Instructor Assistant
- 社会先生 [sha.kai sen.sei] Social Studies teacher
- 数学先生 [suu.gaku sen.sei] Mathematics teacher
- 音楽先生 [on.gaku sen.sei] Music teacher
- 美術先生 [bi.jutsu sen.sei] Fine Arts teacher
- 体育先生 [tai.iku sen.sei] Physical Education teacher
- 料理先生 [ryou.ri sen.sei] Cooking teacher
- 家庭先生 [ka.tei sen.sei] Home Arts teacher (sewing, cleaning techniques)
- 打合せ [uchi.awa.se] staff meeting
- 生徒登校 [sei.to tou.kou] students come to school
- 職員 [shoku.in] staff
- 短学活 [tan.gak.katsu] homeroom
- 移動 [i.dou] movement
- 準備 [jun.bi] preparation
- 出勤 [shuk.kin] on the way to one’s office
- 給食 [kyuu.shoku] school lunch (preparred meal)
- 昼休み [hiru.yasu.mi] noon break
- 清掃 [sei.sou] cleaning
- 他 [hoka] the rest, other
- 学組代表 [gaku.kumi dai.hyou] class representative
- 係 [kakari] person in charge (of～)
- 委員 [i.in] committee
- 催し物 [moyoo.shi.mono] meeting