cram school

English

cram school (plural cram schools)

(education) A specialized school that trains students to meet particular goals, most commonly to pass the entrance examinations of high schools or universities.
- 2013, Ruth Ozeki, A Tale for the Time Being, Canongate Books (2019), pages 139-140:
  Most of my classmates went to a cram school in order to get ready for the high school entrance exams that you take in the second half of ninth grade.

specialised school

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Cantonese: 補習社／补习社 (bou² zaap⁶ se⁵)

Mandarin: 補習班／补习班 (zh) (bǔxíbān)
Finnish: valmennuskurssi (fi)
French: classe préparatoire (fr) f, prépa (fr) f (colloquial)
German: Paukschule f
Indonesian: bimbel
Japanese: 塾 (ja) (じゅく, juku), 学習塾 (ja) (がくしゅうじゅく, gakushū juku)
Korean: 학원(學院) (ko) (hagwon)
Polish: kursy m pl
Portuguese: cursinho (pt) m
Russian: подготови́тельные ку́рсы m pl (podgotovítelʹnyje kúrsy), ку́рсы (ru) m pl (kúrsy)
Spanish: clases particulares f pl, cursos de nivelación m pl (Mexico)
Thai: โรงเรียนกวดวิชา (roong rian gùat wí-chaa)
Turkish: dershane (tr)

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