尋常小学校

Compound of 尋(じん)常(じょう) (jinjō, “ordinary, common”) + 小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) (shōgakkō, “elementary school”).

• (Tokyo) じんじょーしょーが​っこー [jìńjóó shóógáꜜkkòò] (Nakadaka – [7])[1][2][3]
• IPA^(key): [d͡ʑĩɲ̟d͡ʑo̞ː ɕo̞ːɡa̠k̚ko̞ː]

尋(じん)常(じょう)小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) • (jinjō shōgakkō) ^{←じんじやうせうがくかう (zinzyau seugakukau)?}

1. (historical) ordinary elementary school

   Coordinate term: 高等小学校 (kōtō shōgakkō, “higher elementary school”)

   • (Can we date this quote?), 若(わか)山(やま)牧(ぼく)水(すい) [Bokusui Wakayama], 金(こん)比(ぴ)羅(ら)参(まい)り (Konpira Mairi)‎:

     武(たけ)ちやんの村(むら)も、わたしの村(むら)も寂(さび)しい村(むら)で尋(じん)常(じやう)小(せう)學(がく)校(かう)ばかりしか無(な)かつたのです。

     Take-chan no mura mo, watashi no mura mo sabishii mura de jinjō shōgakkō bakari shika nakatta no desu.

     Both Take-chan's and my villages were deserted, and had only ordinary elementary schools.

The term was used officially from 1886 to 1941, and replaced by the term 国(こく)民(みん)学(がっ)校(こう)初(しょ)等(とう)科(か) (kokumin gakkō shotō-ka, “a primary course at national elementary school”) until 1947.

• → Korean: 심상소학교(尋常小學校) (simsangsohakgyo)