お受験

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
じゅ
Grade: 3
けん
Grade: 4
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
お受驗 (kyūjitai)
御受験 (rare)

Etymology

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From (o-, honorific prefix) + 受験(じゅけん) (juken, taking an entrance exam).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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(じゅ)(けん) (o-juken

  1. (originally sardonic)[1] taking an entrance exam for preschool or elementary school

References

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  1. ^ Kitahara, Yasuo, editor (2002), 明鏡国語辞典 [Meikyō Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), First edition, Tokyo: Taishūkan Shoten, →ISBN