juku

[joo-koo]

noun

plural

juku 

1. (in Japan) a school, attended in addition to one's regular school, where students prepare for college entrance examinations.

Word History and Origins

Origin of juku¹

1980–85; < Japanese

Example Sentences

The sports juku gave me a list of sixty things Taro should master.

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The exam prep schools are called juku, and they are part of the boundless, multi-billion-dollar ojyuken industry that converts every parental anxiety into a business opportunity.

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After several rejections, we finally found a juku that would take us in.

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There was also a sheet that listed the juku rules that included this entry: “If Sakura concludes that the mother is emotionally unstable, we will ask you to withdraw.”

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