義ぎ塾じゅく

noun

charity school; private academy

Historically, a school established for public good or charitable purposes. In modern Japanese, it is almost exclusively encountered in the names of specific private schools (e.g., 慶應義塾). The standalone noun is rare.

• 慶けい應おう義ぎ塾じゅくは日本にほんで最もっとも有ゆう名めいな義ぎ塾じゅくの一ひとつです。

  Keio Gijuku is one of the most famous private academies in Japan.

• 「義ぎ塾じゅく」という言こと葉ばは、今いまでは主おもに学がっ校こう名めいの一いち部ぶとして使つかわれています。

  The word 義塾 is now mainly used as part of school names.