Word Meaning

じゅく juku

塾 is read as じゅく (juku) and means cram school.

Meaning

English

  1. cram school
  2. private tutoring school
  3. juku

Reading

Kana

じゅく

Romaji

juku

Stroke Sequence

1 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Related Words 受験,受験生,浪人,浪人生,勉強 Rank 5375 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

塾生

じゅくせい

cram school student

塾長

じゅくちょう

principal of a private school

私塾

しじゅく

private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)

義塾

ぎじゅく

private school

入塾

にゅうじゅく

enrolling at a cram school

松下政経塾

まつしたせいけいじゅく

The Matsushita Institute of Government and Management

Example Sentences

9

かれはまいにちじゅくにかよっています。

He goes to a cram school every day.

わたしはじゅくでえいごをおしえています。

I teach English at a cram school.

きょうはじゅくがやすみです。

The cram school is closed today.

ほうかご、おおくのせいとがじゅくにいきます。

Many students go to cram school after school.

じゅくのじゅぎょうりょうはたかいです。

Cram school tuition is expensive.

あしたはじゅくのテストがあります。

I have a cram school test tomorrow.

じゅくのしゅくだいはおわりましたか。

Did you finish your cram school homework?

かれはそのじゅくをやめました。

He quit the cram school.

どのじゅくにかよっていますか。

Which cram school are you attending?