No. 3,609 in Japanese
部活
Extracurricular club activities.
In a sentence
彼は学校の部活に熱心に参加しています。
He actively participates in his school's extracurricular club activities.
In this sentence, '部活' refers to extracurricular club activities organized within a school setting, indicating student involvement outside regular academic classes.
部活で友達がたくさんできました。
I made many friends through club activities.
Here, '部活' is used to imply the social aspect of participating in a club, highlighting the communal and interactional dimension of such activities.
試合の日は部活のメンバー全員が集まります。
On the day of the match, all the club members gather.
In this case, '部活' denotes the organized team or group specifically gathered for an event, focusing on collective responsibility or camaraderie within the club.
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