| bu: |
Optional extracurricular activities |
| burakumin: |
Traditional lowest caste of Japan |
| gakureki shakai: |
School credentialism |
| hensachi: |
Standarized scores |
| hoikuen: |
Day-care center |
| hoikusho: |
Day-care center |
| hoshu jyugyo: |
Supplimentary lessons |
| ijime: |
Bullying/teasing |
| Juku: |
Cram school |
| Keisatsucho: |
Police Department |
| kikoku shijo: |
Students who have returned from an extensive period of staying overseas |
| koko suisen: |
Recommendation for high school entrance |
| kokuritsu: |
National institution |
| kurabu (bukatsudo): |
Club |
| Menkyoho Shiko Kisoku: |
Regulations for Implementing Teachers' License |
| Monbusho: |
Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture |
| NHK : |
Japan Broadcasting Society |
| NHK Seron Chosabu: |
NHK public opinion poll department |
| NHK Seron Chosa: |
NHK opinion poll survey |
| Nihon Seishonen Kenkyusho : |
Japanese Research Center for Children and Youth |
| Nikkyoso: |
Japanese Teachers Union |
| ronin (daigaku ronin): |
"Masterless samurai": high school graduates who failed in the university entrance exam to the school of their choice and have elected to spend a full year preparing to take the examinations again |
| ruikei: |
Tracking systems |
| Seimei Hoken Bunka Senta: |
Culture Center of Life Insurance Co |
| senta shiken: |
Center Examination administered by the National Center for University Entrance Examination (Daigaku Nyushi Senta) |
| shingakko: |
Private elite academic high schools which send a high proportion of graduates to elite colleges |
| shiteiko suisen: |
One of two recommendation systems; involves special quotas for applicants from schools that are highly ranked academically |
| shushoku ronin: |
"Masterless samurai": graduates who failed in finding a job and have elected to spend a full year studying |
| Somucho Seishonen Taisaku Honbu: |
Children and Youth Division, Management and Coordinating Agency |
| tokubetsu waku: |
Special quotas in certain departments (for kikokushijo) |
| yobiko: |
University entrance exam preparatory school |
| yochien: |
Kindergarten |
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