同級生

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

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) どーきゅ​せー [dòókyúꜜsèè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [do̞ːkʲɨᵝse̞ː]

同級生 (hiragana どうきゅうせい, rōmaji dōkyūsei, historical hiragana どうきふせい)

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, Adachi, Mitsuru, “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 year^{[examples needed]}

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

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

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