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自習

じしゅう

self-study, studying on one's own

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Examples

  1. 今日は自習の時間です。

    きょうはじしゅうのじかんです。

    Today we have a self-study period.

  2. 先生が休みなので、二時間目は自習になった。

    せんせいがやすみなので、にじかんめはじしゅうになった。

    The teacher was out, so second period became a study period.

  3. 図書館で二時間ほど自習した。

    としょかんでにじかんほどじしゅうした。

    I studied on my own at the library for about two hours.

  4. 自習室は夜十時まで使えます。

    じしゅうしつはよるじゅうじまでつかえます。

    The study room is available until ten at night.

Common patterns

自習する
to study by oneself
自習室
study room
自習時間
self-study period

Memory tip

自 'self' + 習 'learn'. In school talk 自習 usually means a class period with no teacher, not studying at home; 独学 is teaching yourself a whole subject without a school at all.

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