| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| juku |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ju·ku |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  j  k |
| NOUN: | A Japanese school that prepares students for entrance exams, as for admission to a university, and is attended in addition to public school. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Japanese, from Middle Chinese dzhuwk.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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