Meaning

Primary

Class Reunion

Alternatives

School Reunion, Alumni Association

Word Type

noun

Explanation

A same window meeting is a meeting with people who spent a long time gazing out of the same classroom window as you. Who are those people? They're your former classmates, and this is a class reunion. It can also mean alumni association, which is still something you do with former classmates, so it makes sense.

Reading

どうそうかい
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You didn't learn this reading for , so here's mnemonic to help you:

If you have a class reunion coming up, you'd better work on your soul (そう). You want to make a good impression on all your old classmates, right? Well get to work on your soul right now, otherwise they might not be impressed.

Context

Context Sentences

一昨日、中学の同窓会に行ってきました。

The day before yesterday, I went to my junior high school class reunion.

小学校の同窓会の案内が来た。

I received an invitation to my elementary school reunion.

同窓会活動への同窓生の皆さまのご協力をお願いいたします。

We would like to ask for the cooperation of all alumni in the activities of our alumni association.

Kanji Composition