通つう学がく生せい

noun

day student; commuting student

A student who lives at home and commutes to school, as opposed to one who boards at the school or lives in a dormitory. Often contrasted with 下宿生.

Antonyms: 下宿生

• 彼かれは通つう学がく生せいで、毎まい日にち電でん車しゃで学がっ校こうに通かよっている。

  He is a commuting student and goes to school by train every day.

• この学がっ校こうは通つう学がく生せいと下げ宿しゅく生せいが半はん々はんだ。

  At this school, half the students are day students and half are boarders.