What does 学校 (gakkou | がっこう) mean in Japanese?

The Japanese word

明日学校でね。
ashita gakkō de ne.
See you tomorrow at school.

学校に遅刻した。
gakkō ni chikoku shi ta.
I was late to school. | I was late for school.

学校へ行きたくない。
gakkō e iki taku nai.
I don't want to go to school.

学校は好きじゃない。
gakkō wa suki ja nai.
I don't like school.

遊び半分に学校へ来るな。
asobi hanbun ni gakkō e kuru na.
Don't come to school just for fun. | Don't come to school to lark around.

私は中二で学校を退学した。
watashi wa chū ni de gakkō o taigaku shi ta.
I dropped out of school when I was in the 7th grade.

来週の今日は学校は休みだ。
raishū no kyō wa gakkō wa yasumi da.
There will be no school a week from today.

学校まで１０分で歩いて行ける。
gakkō made ichi zero fun de arui te ikeru.
I can walk to school in 10 minutes. | I can walk to school in ten minutes.

理恵と私は同じ学校に通いました。
rie to watashi wa onaji gakkō ni kayoi mashi ta.
Rie and I went to the same school.

警察は学校で大量の薬物を押収した。
keisatsu wa gakkō de tairyō no yakubutsu o ōshū shi ta.
The police seized a large quantity of drugs at the school.

少年は十二才で音楽学校を退学させられた。
shōnen wa jū ni sai de ongaku gakkō o taigaku sa se rare ta.
The boy was expelled from music school when he was 12.

両親はジェーンがその学校の教師に任じられて喜んだ。
ryōshin wa jēn ga sono gakkō no kyōshi ni ninji rare te yorokon da.
Jane's parents were pleased about her appointment as a teacher at the 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。
shōgaku go nen no musuko ga shizuoka kara nagoya no shōgakkō ni tennyū shi mashi ta.
My fifth-year junior school son has transferred into a school in Nagoya from Shizuoka. | My son who is in the fifth grade has transferred from Shizuoka to an elementary school in Nagoya.

日本のどこに体育でほふく前進やらせる学校があるんだよ。
nippon no doko ni taīku de hofuku zenshin yara seru gakkō ga arun da yo.
Where in all Japan is there a school that has 'advance at the crawl' in P.E.?!

芝居小屋跡地に学校が建てられたのが1905年4月でした。
shibai koya atochi ni gakkō ga tate rare ta no ga 1905 nen 4 tsuki deshi ta.
It was April 1905 when a school was built on the site of the theatre.

黒田小学校では決められた時刻に集まって、集団登校します。
kuroda shōgakkō de wa kime rare ta jikoku ni atsumatte, shūdan tōkō shi masu.
At Kuroda Primary School we assemble at a prearranged time and go to school as a group.

明日学校に行く時、この手紙をポストに入れるのを忘れないようにね。
ashita gakkō ni iku toki, kono tegami o posuto ni ireru no o wasure nai yō ni ne.
Please remember to mail this letter on your way to school tomorrow morning.

その当時、どこの公立の学校にもネイティブの英語の先生などいませんでした。
sono tōji, doko no kōritsu no gakkō ni mo neitibu no eigo no sensei nado i masen deshi ta.
At the time there were no native English speakers teaching in any public school.

小学校のときから、酸性・アルカリ性という性質をリトマス紙で調べたりしてきていますね。
shōgakkō no toki kara, sansei . arukarisei toyū seishitsu o ritomasu shi de shirabe tari shi te ki te i masu ne.
Since primary school we've been checking for the qualities known as acidity and alkalinity with litmus paper.

	The Japanese word
	学校
	is pronounced
	gakkou \| がっこう
	means
	school

	Examples:
	明日学校でね。 ashita gakkō de ne. See you tomorrow at school.
	学校に遅刻した。 gakkō ni chikoku shi ta. I was late to school. \| I was late for school.
	学校へ行きたくない。 gakkō e iki taku nai. I don't want to go to school.
	学校は好きじゃない。 gakkō wa suki ja nai. I don't like school.
	遊び半分に学校へ来るな。 asobi hanbun ni gakkō e kuru na. Don't come to school just for fun. \| Don't come to school to lark around.
	私は中二で学校を退学した。 watashi wa chū ni de gakkō o taigaku shi ta. I dropped out of school when I was in the 7th grade.
	来週の今日は学校は休みだ。 raishū no kyō wa gakkō wa yasumi da. There will be no school a week from today.
	学校まで１０分で歩いて行ける。 gakkō made ichi zero fun de arui te ikeru. I can walk to school in 10 minutes. \| I can walk to school in ten minutes.
	理恵と私は同じ学校に通いました。 rie to watashi wa onaji gakkō ni kayoi mashi ta. Rie and I went to the same school.
	警察は学校で大量の薬物を押収した。 keisatsu wa gakkō de tairyō no yakubutsu o ōshū shi ta. The police seized a large quantity of drugs at the school.
	少年は十二才で音楽学校を退学させられた。 shōnen wa jū ni sai de ongaku gakkō o taigaku sa se rare ta. The boy was expelled from music school when he was 12.
	両親はジェーンがその学校の教師に任じられて喜んだ。 ryōshin wa jēn ga sono gakkō no kyōshi ni ninji rare te yorokon da. Jane's parents were pleased about her appointment as a teacher at the 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。 shōgaku go nen no musuko ga shizuoka kara nagoya no shōgakkō ni tennyū shi mashi ta. My fifth-year junior school son has transferred into a school in Nagoya from Shizuoka. \| My son who is in the fifth grade has transferred from Shizuoka to an elementary school in Nagoya.
	日本のどこに体育でほふく前進やらせる学校があるんだよ。 nippon no doko ni taīku de hofuku zenshin yara seru gakkō ga arun da yo. Where in all Japan is there a school that has 'advance at the crawl' in P.E.?!
	芝居小屋跡地に学校が建てられたのが1905年4月でした。 shibai koya atochi ni gakkō ga tate rare ta no ga 1905 nen 4 tsuki deshi ta. It was April 1905 when a school was built on the site of the theatre.
	黒田小学校では決められた時刻に集まって、集団登校します。 kuroda shōgakkō de wa kime rare ta jikoku ni atsumatte, shūdan tōkō shi masu. At Kuroda Primary School we assemble at a prearranged time and go to school as a group.
	明日学校に行く時、この手紙をポストに入れるのを忘れないようにね。 ashita gakkō ni iku toki, kono tegami o posuto ni ireru no o wasure nai yō ni ne. Please remember to mail this letter on your way to school tomorrow morning.
	その当時、どこの公立の学校にもネイティブの英語の先生などいませんでした。 sono tōji, doko no kōritsu no gakkō ni mo neitibu no eigo no sensei nado i masen deshi ta. At the time there were no native English speakers teaching in any public school.
	小学校のときから、酸性・アルカリ性という性質をリトマス紙で調べたりしてきていますね。 shōgakkō no toki kara, sansei . arukarisei toyū seishitsu o ritomasu shi de shirabe tari shi te ki te i masu ne. Since primary school we've been checking for the qualities known as acidity and alkalinity with litmus paper.

	Examples sourced from tatoeba.org