学費

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 学費 is a noun read がくひ, meaning tuition or school fees paid for education.
• Basic usage: Use 学費の一部を貯める for saving part of the cost and 学校ごとの学費 for fees organized by school.
  • 兄はアルバイトをして学費の一部を貯めました。 describes an older brother working part-time to save part of his tuition; 学校ごとの学費を表にして比較しました。 describes putting each school's fees into a table and comparing them.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 学費の一部
  • の links the saved amount to one part of the total tuition.
• 学校ごとの学費
  • ごと divides the comparison into individual schools.
• 表にして比較する
  • にする shows that the fee information is organized into a table before comparison.