通塾

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 通塾 is read つうじゅく and means traveling to attend a cram school.
• Basic usage: It describes travel time or the frequency and means of regular attendance.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• Destination
  • 通学 broadly describes attending school, while 通塾 specifies a cram school. Its focus is on going to the 塾 rather than on the particular subject studied.
• Frequency and transport
  • In 週に二回、電車で通塾する, 週に二回 gives the frequency and 電車で gives the means of transport.