教 習 所(きょうしゅうじょ)

きょうしゅうじょ

noun

driving school, training school

1. driving school, training school

A school where people learn to drive and prepare for their driver's license. By extension, any training facility for learning specific practical skills.

教習所(きょうしゅうじょ)に通(かよ)っている。

I am attending driving school.

自動車(じどうしゃ)教習所(きょうしゅうじょ)で仮免(かりめん)を取(と)った。

I got my learner's permit at the driving school.

夏休(なつやす)みに合宿(がっしゅく)免許(めんきょ)で教習所(きょうしゅうじょ)に行(い)くつもりだ。

I plan to go to a driving school for an intensive residential course during summer vacation.

Usage

Almost always refers to 自動車(じどうしゃ)教習所(きょうしゅうじょ) (automobile driving school). In everyday speech, people often just say 教習所(きょうしゅうじょ) and the driving school meaning is understood. In Japan, most people obtain their driver's license through a 教習所(きょうしゅうじょ) rather than by taking the test directly.

Common collocations

自動車(じどうしゃ)教習所(きょうしゅうじょ): automobile driving school
教習所(きょうしゅうじょ)に通(かよ)う: to attend driving school
教習所(きょうしゅうじょ)を卒業(そつぎょう)する: to graduate from driving school

Cultural note

Japanese driving schools offer both regular courses (where students attend several times a week over a month or more) and 合宿(がっしゅく) courses (intensive residential programs, popular with students during school breaks).

Related Words

Related: 免許(めんきょ) (license)

Related: 運転免許証(うんてんめんきょしょう) (driver's license)

Compare: 養成所(ようせいじょ) (training school)

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