cutting class; skipping lectures
Euphemistic and colloquial term, especially used by university students to refer to voluntarily skipping a class without permission.
I decided to cut class today and study at a café instead.
彼はよく自主休講するけど、成績はいい。
He often skips lectures, but his grades are good.
A more general and casual verb for skipping work or class, without the euphemistic or student-specific nuance of 自主休講.
A formal noun meaning absence; 自主休講 is a playful, self-justifying way to describe an unexcused absence.
Compound of 自主 (self-directed, voluntary) and 休講 (cancellation of a lecture). The term humorously reframes skipping class as a self-initiated cancellation.