校門

Reading

Kana: こうもん

Romaji: koumon

Definition

noun

1

school gate

Kanji

校

Readings: コウ、 キョウ

Meanings: exam, school, printing, proof, correction

門

Readings: モン、 かど、 と

Meanings: gate, counter for cannons

Example Sentences

校門(こうもん)は８時(じ)に開(ひら)く。

➥The gates of the school open at eight.

校門(こうもん)のところで、女子(じょし)寮(りょう)の方(ほう)から登校(とうこう)してきた美(よし)留(とめ)と鉢合(はちあ)わせした。

➥I bumped into Miru at the school gates, just as she was arriving from the girls' dormitory.

予鈴()だ。校門(こうもん)の辺(あた)りにいた生徒(せいと)たちが一斉(いっせい)に足(あし)を速(はや)める。

➥It's the class bell. The pupils that had been around the school gate quickened their steps as one.

先生(せんせい)は私(わたし)に、用意(ようい)は出来(でき)たか、みな校門(こうもん)のところで君(きみ)を待(ま)っているよと言(い)った。

➥The teacher asked me if I was ready, adding that everybody was waiting for me at the school gate.