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    3. 私塾

    私塾

    私し塾じゅく

    small private school (esp. for cramming)

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    しじゅく

    Noun

    1.
    small private school (esp. for cramming)
    2.
    private school (in the Edo period, orig. run by Confucianists)

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    彼かれは放ほう課か後ご、私し塾じゅくに通かよっている。

    He attends a private cram school after school.

    KMT7Education
    私し塾じゅくでは、個こ々この生せい徒との学がく習しゅう進しん度どに合あわせて指し導どうが行おこなわれる。

    At private cram schools, instruction is provided according to each student's learning progress.

    KMT9Education
    難なん関かん大だい学がくを目め指ざす生せい徒とのために、専せん門もんの私し塾じゅくが人にん気きを集あつめている。

    Specialized private cram schools are gaining popularity among students aiming for difficult-to-enter universities.

    KMT9Education
    多おおくの著ちょ名めいな思シ想ソウ家カが、かつて私し塾じゅくで教おしえを受うけていた。

    Many famous thinkers once received instruction at private schools.

    KMT9HistoryEducation
    江え戸ど時じ代だいの私し塾じゅくは、身み分ぶんに関かかわらず学がく問もんを学まなぶ機き会かいを提てい供きょうした。

    Private schools in the Edo period offered opportunities to study regardless of social status.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    私
    わたくし・わたし…(1)
    private・I・me
    塾
    cram school・private school
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