同級生

Japanese

Kanji in this term
同	級	生
どう Grade: 2	きゅう Grade: 3	せい Grade: 1
on'yomi

Etymology

同 (dō-, “same”) +‎ 級 (kyū, “grade”) +‎ 生 (-sei, “student”)

Noun

同(どう)級(きゅう)生(せい) • (dōkyūsei) ^{←どうきふせい (doukifusei)?}

1. a classmate (student of the same class)

   いやな同(どう)級(きゅう)生(せい)に出(で)会(あ)った。

   Iya na dōkyūsei ni deatta.

   I encountered a classmate that I did not want to meet.

   • 2009 July 23, Mitsuru Adachi, “どこ吹く風 [Wherever the Wind Blows]”, in SHORT PROGRAM(ショート・プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 40:

     奴(やつ)とは高(こう)校(こう)時(じ)代(だい)の同(どう)級(きゅう)生(せい)。

     Yatsu to wa kōkō jidai no dōkyūsei.

     That guy was my classmate in high school.

2. a schoolmate who attends school in the same yearTemplate:example needed

Synonyms

• 校(こう)友(ゆう) (kōyū)
• 学(がく)友(ゆう) (gakuyū)
• クラスメート (kurasumēto)

See also

• 同(どう)期(き)生(せい) (dōkisei)
• 同(どう)窓(そう)生(せい) (dōsōsei)

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.