夜 間 学 校(やかんがっこう)

やかんがっこう

noun

night school; evening school

1. night school; evening school

A school or educational program that holds classes in the evening, allowing students who work during the day to attend.

I work while attending night school.

高校(こうこう)を卒業(そつぎょう)できなかったので、夜間学校(やかんがっこう)で学(まな)び直(なお)すことにした。

Since I didn't graduate from high school, I decided to go back and study at night school.

In the postwar period, night schools played an important role for young people who couldn't attend school during the day for economic reasons.

A compound of 夜間(やかん) (nighttime/evening) and 学校(がっこう) (school). In Japan, 夜間学校(やかんがっこう) can refer to 定時制(ていじせい)高校(こうこう) (part-time high schools with evening classes) or 夜間(やかん)中学校(ちゅうがっこう) (evening middle schools for adults who missed compulsory education). Night schools have historically served working youth and, more recently, foreign residents and elderly people.

定時制(ていじせい) — part-time school system (official term for evening high school programs)
夜学(やがく) — night school (shorter, slightly more colloquial synonym)
全日制(ぜんにちせい) — full-time school system (the opposite: daytime classes)

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