就しゅう学がく

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就学する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	就しゅう学がくする	就しゅう学がくしない
Polite	就しゅう学がくします	就しゅう学がくしません
Past polite	就しゅう学がくしました	就しゅう学がくしませんでした
Past	就しゅう学がくした	就しゅう学がくしなかった
Te-form	就しゅう学がくして	就しゅう学がくしないで
Desire	就しゅう学がくしたい	就しゅう学がくしたくない
Potential	就しゅう学がくできる	就しゅう学がくできない
Passive	就しゅう学がくされる	就しゅう学がくされない
Causative	就しゅう学がくさせる	就しゅう学がくさせない
Causative passive	就しゅう学がくさせられる	就しゅう学がくさせられない
Volitional	就しゅう学がくしよう
Polite volitional	就しゅう学がくしましょう
Imperative	就しゅう学がくしろ	就しゅう学がくするな
Conditional	就しゅう学がくすれば	就しゅう学がくしなければ
Tara conditional	就しゅう学がくしたら	就しゅう学がくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

entering school; school attendance

Refers to the act of entering a school or attending school, often used in official or educational contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to enter school' or 'to attend school'.

来らい年ねん、娘むすめが小しょう学がっ校こうに就しゅう学がくします。
My daughter will enter elementary school next year.
就しゅう学がく率りつはほぼ100パーセントに達たっしている。
The school attendance rate has reached nearly 100 percent.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が就しゅう学がくの機き会かいを得えるto gain the opportunity to attend school
貧ひん困こん地ち域いきの子こどもたちが就しゅう学がくの機き会かいを得えた。
Children in impoverished areas gained the opportunity to attend school.
〈人ひと〉に就しゅう学がくを許きょ可かするto grant someone permission to attend school
外がい国こく籍せきの子こどもにも就しゅう学がくを許きょ可かする制せい度どがある。
There is a system that allows even children of foreign nationality to attend school.

Kanji

就concerning, settle, take position
学study, learning, science

Related words

入にゅう学がくN4
入学 refers to the specific act or ceremony of being admitted into a school, while 就学 is a broader, more formal term for entering or attending school, often used in statistics and law.
通つう学がくN3
通学 means commuting to or attending school on a daily basis, while 就学 is the formal term for being enrolled in or attending school as a status, often used in official contexts.

Opposites

退たい学がくN2
退学 means withdrawing or being expelled from school, the opposite of 就学, which means entering or attending school.

Don't confuse with

修しゅう学がくN1
修学 (also read しゅうがく) means pursuing one's studies or coursework, while 就学 means entering or attending school as an institution; the two are easily confused because they share the same reading.
就しゅう業ぎょうN1
就業 means starting or engaging in work/employment, while 就学 means entering or attending school; the two share the kanji 就 and are often confused in formal writing.
就しゅう職しょくN3
就学 means entering or attending school, not the workforce, despite sharing the 就 kanji with 就職.

Word family· 10

不ふ就しゅう学がく
non-enrollment in compulsory education
就しゅう学がく前まえ
preschool; pre-school
就しゅう学がく率りつ
school attendance rate; enrollment rate
就しゅう学がく生せい
pre-college student visa status (abolished 2010)
未み就しゅう学がく
preschool; not yet enrolled in school

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就しゅう学がく児じ童どう
school child; school-age child
就しゅう学がく年ねん齢れい
school age
就しゅう学がく義ぎ務む
compulsory school attendance
就しゅう学がく前ぜん教きょう育いく
pre-school education
就しゅう学がく許きょ可か証しょう
study permit

Etymology

Compound of 就 (しゅう, 'to take up, to engage in') and 学 (がく, 'learning, study'). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the spelling is conventionally associated with the meaning of entering or attending school.