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塾

じゅく

cram school

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Examples

  1. 週に三回塾に行く。

    しゅうにさんかいじゅくにいく。

    I go to cram school three times a week.

  2. 息子を塾に通わせている。

    むすこをじゅくにかよわせている。

    We send our son to a cram school.

  3. 分からないところは塾の先生に質問した。

    わからないところはじゅくのせんせいにしつもんした。

    I asked the cram school teacher about the parts I didn't understand.

Common patterns

塾に通う
to attend a cram school
塾に入る
to enroll in a cram school
学習塾
academic cram school

Memory tip

A private school children attend in the evening on top of regular school. A 予備校 is the same idea but aimed at students preparing or re-sitting for university entrance exams.

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