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night school; evening school
A school or educational program that holds classes in the evening, allowing students who work during the day to attend.
夜間学校に通いながら働いている。
I work while attending night school.
高校を卒業できなかったので、夜間学校で学び直すことにした。
Since I didn't graduate from high school, I decided to go back and study at night school.
戦後は経済的な理由で昼間学校に通えない若者のために、夜間学校が重要な役割を果たした。
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 (nighttime/evening) and 学校 (school). In Japan, 夜間学校 can refer to 定時制高校 (part-time high schools with evening classes) or 夜間中学校 (evening middle schools for adults who missed compulsory education). Night schools have historically served working youth and, more recently, foreign residents and elderly people.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 夜間学校に通う — to attend night school
- 夜間学校で学ぶ — to study at night school
- 夜間学校の生徒 — night school students
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 定時制 — part-time school system (official term for evening high school programs)
- 夜学 — night school (shorter, slightly more colloquial synonym)
- 全日制 — full-time school system (the opposite: daytime classes)