授業料(じゅぎょうりょう)

じゅぎょうりょう
noun
tuition fee; school fees
education
1. tuition fee; school fees
The fee paid for instruction at a school, university, or other educational institution.
授業料(じゅぎょうりょう)を払(はら)う。
Pay the tuition fee.
大学(だいがく)の授業料(じゅぎょうりょう)は年々(ねんねん)上(あ)がっている。
University tuition fees are rising year after year.
奨学金(しょうがくきん)のおかげで授業料(じゅぎょうりょう)が免除(めんじょ)された。
Thanks to a scholarship, my tuition was waived.
2. lesson learned (the hard way); tuition of experience
Figuratively, the cost or loss incurred as a result of a mistake, viewed as a learning experience.
高(たか)い授業料(じゅぎょうりょう)を払(はら)ったと思(おも)おう。
Let's think of it as an expensive lesson learned.
投資(とうし)で失敗(しっぱい)したが、いい授業料(じゅぎょうりょう)だったと思(おも)うことにした。
I failed at investing, but I decided to think of it as a valuable lesson.
騙(だま)されて五万円(ごまんえん)損(そん)したが、社会(しゃかい)勉強(べんきょう)の授業料(じゅぎょうりょう)だと割(わ)り切(き)った。
I lost 50,000 yen being scammed, but I accepted it as the cost of a life lesson.

A compound of 授業(じゅぎょう) (instruction, class) and 料(りょう) (fee).

USAGE (figurative):
The expression 高(たか)い授業料(じゅぎょうりょう)を払(はら)った ('paid expensive tuition') is a common idiom meaning 'learned an expensive lesson.' Used to reframe a loss or mistake as a learning experience.

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Compare: 学費(がくひ) (covers all educational costs)
Compare: 月謝(げっしゃ) (is a monthly fee for lessons)
Related: 入学金(にゅうがくきん) (enrollment fee)
Compare: 受講料(じゅこうりょう) (course fee)
Related: 受験料(じゅけんりょう) (examination fee)
Related: 留学費用(りゅうがくひよう) (study abroad expenses)
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