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夜学 (やがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Common word JLPT N1 Freq. Frequency Top 100,000 Meanings 1
noun
night school ; evening school ; evening class
Refers to schooling or classes held in the evening, often for people who work during the day. Common in phrases such as 夜学に通う.
ぼ
記き
を
学まな
ん
だ
。
I studied English and bookkeeping at evening classes.
2
noun
night study ; studying at night
Use for the activity of studying at night rather than attending an evening school. This sense is less common in modern everyday speech, where 夜に勉強する is usually more direct.
Kanji 学 study, learning, science Similar words 夜や 間かん 学がっ 校こう More explicit term for a night school; 夜学 is shorter and can also refer more generally to evening classes.
夜や 間かん 部ぶ Refers to an evening division or evening program within a school or university, rather than night study itself.
定てい 時じ 制せい Often used for part-time or fixed-schedule school programs, especially high schools; it overlaps with night-school contexts but is an institutional term.
Etymology A transparent Sino-Japanese compound of 夜, 'night,' and 学, 'study; learning,' giving the meanings 'study at night' and, by extension, evening schooling.
