Night school - yagaku

Japanese: 夜学 - やがく

〘 noun 〙① (━suru) To study or learn at night. ※Poetry Preface Collection (c. 1133) Gekkaigyojoka Poetry Preface〈Sugawara Zaigyo〉 "Night school has been for many years, _but we gather in _two windows and the snow is more than three times _dark , _{how many} days do we study in the morning, the time has come for eight generations to _pass " ※Sanno Ekotoba (c. 1310) 9 "The body that studied at night, with its eyes exposed to Genbun's desk" ② An educational course that offers classes at night. Also, an educational institution that has established such a course. Currently, there are nighttime part-time high schools and two-part universities. Night school. 《Season: Autumn》※Yomiuri Shimbun - May 28, 1877 (Meiji 10) "It is said that all elementary schools in Osaka Prefecture also offered night school."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (━する) 夜間に勉強・学問すること。※詩序集（1133頃）月明妓女家詩序〈菅原在業〉「夜学多年、雖_レ聚_二窓雪於三余之陰_一、朝奨何日、猶期_二家風於八代之後_一」※山王絵詞（1310頃）九「玄文の机に眼をさらして夜学したる躰」② 夜間に授業を行なう教育課程。また、その課程を設置している教育機関。現在、高校の夜間定時制または大学の二部などがある。夜学校。《季・秋》※読売新聞‐明治一〇年（1877）五月二八日「大坂府の小学校は総て夜学をも開かれたといふが」

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