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Contemporary Research in the United States, Germany and Japan on Five Education Issues: Japan

Japanese Glossary

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: Supplementary lessons.

ijime: Bullying, teasing.

Juku: Cram school.

Keisatsucho: Police Department.

kikoku shijo: Students who have returned from an extensive period overseas.

koko suisen: Recommendation for high school admission.

kokuritsu: National institution.

kurabu (bukatsudo): Club.

Menkyoho Shiko Kisoku: Regulations for Implementing Teachers' Licenses.

Monbusho:Ministry of Education, Science, and Culture.

NHK:Japan Broadcasting Society.

NHK Seron Chosabu:NHK pulic 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 examination for the school of their choice and who have elected to spend a full year preparing to take the examination again.

ruikei:Tracking systems.

Seimei Hoken Bunka Senta: Culture center of life insurance company.

senta shiken: Center Examination administered by the National Center for University Entrance Examination (Daigaku Nyushi Senta).

shingakko: Private elite academic high schools, which 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 have failed to find 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: Preparatory school for the University entrance exam.

yochien: Kindergarten.

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