Meaning

1 senses
  1. A Japanese school offering education from elementary or middle-school level (or even from the kindergarten) up to the start of university.

Origin

So called because students usually rise to the next grade without having to take entrance

So called because students usually rise to the next grade without having to take entrance exams.

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Forms

plural: escalator schools

See also

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