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就学 (shuugaku) Japanese meaning: entering school | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 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
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My daughter will enter elementary school next year.
The school attendance rate has reached nearly 100 percent.
Kanji 就 concerning, settle, take position 学 study, learning, science Related words 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.
Don't confuse with 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.
就学 means entering or attending school, not the workforce, despite sharing the 就 kanji with 就職.
Word family· 10 non-enrollment in compulsory education
preschool; pre-school
school attendance rate; enrollment rate
pre-college student visa status (abolished 2010)
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.
There is a system that allows even children of foreign nationality to attend school.
preschool; not yet enrolled in school
