Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. department; section; faculty; school; arm
2. course (of study); branch of study; specialization
3. (taxonomical) family
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (347 in total)
science (inc. mathematics, medicine, etc.); natural science; science department (university); science course; science (as a school subject)
subject; curriculum
Anatidae (duck family of birds)
Examples (1 in total)
The person standing at the front of the room is a professor in the History Department.