塾
じゅく
cram school
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Examples
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.
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.
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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