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Meanings
Noun
1. learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education
Suffix
2. study of ...; -ology; -ics
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (554 in total)
university; college; former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
philosophy
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
earth science; geoscience
chemistry
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
medical science; medicine
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
theology
student (esp. a university student)
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
various studies
scholar
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
within the school
Confucianism
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances
student hostel; dormitory (e.g. for factory workers)
Confucianism
study of foreign languages; linguistics
geometry
study of divination
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
tuition; school expenses
erudition; extensive learning
school cap
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
law; jurisprudence
physical science; natural science; physics; lixue (Song-era Chinese philosophy); (arch.) philosophy
literature
mathematics; arithmetic
esthetics; aesthetics
dietetics; nutritional science
this university; this educational establishment
physical geography
educational institution; school; academy; campus
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
commuting to school; school commute
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
student; follower; students and pupils
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
folklore studies; folkloristics
physiology
miscellaneous knowledge
scholarly; scholastic; academic
(study of) statistics
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)
pedagogy; pedagogics; education (esp. in the context of the study of education)
study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation); English literature; British studies
practical science
Western medicine
study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy
school age
interdisciplinary
study of Sanskrit; study of Buddhism
institute; academy
science
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
school cafeteria
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
psychology
school (building)
studies; schoolwork; classwork
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
student (college) life
social science
engineering
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
(study of) logic
(study of) history
school; sect
ethics; moral philosophy
military science; strategy; tactics
arts and sciences; liberal arts
archaeology; archeology
mechanics; dynamics
outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural
Japanese literature
scholarship; scientific attainments
Japanese literature
national university
Geisteswissenschaften (i.e. the humanities, excluding the arts); mental science
(academic) degree
study of history
end of school year
school expenses; education fund
architecture
political science
phenomenology
military science; strategy; tactics
private university
linguistics
surgery (academic discipline)
philosophical anthropology; humanics
scientific name (of a species); binomial name; Latin name; academic reputation
natural history
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)
management studies; business administration (study of)
school register
anthropology
private (non-governmental) school (college, university)
cultural anthropology
scholarly principle; scientific principle
(science of) agriculture
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
whole college
learned priest pursuing his studies
women's college
genetics; study of heredity
mechanical engineering
English(-language) literature; British literature
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Wang Yangming and his followers)
night school; evening school; evening class; night study
school regulations
to have learning; to be educated
university town; college town
geography
the study or science of religion; religious studies
talent and education
military science; military studies
alma mater clique; old school tie
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
meteorology
student discount
occultism (Western)
school inspector
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
contemporary literature; modern literature
(study of) nursing; nursing science
clinical medicine
education and learning
criminology
bacteriology
educated; learned; schooled
academic traditions; academic school of thought; method of study
jurisprudence
study of poetry; poetics
physics (study of natural science in ancient Greek philosophy)
school supplies
love of learning
electrical engineering
government school
humanities; social sciences; liberal arts
humanities; arts
academic ability
oceanography; oceanology
astronomy
Zen studies; Zen practice
Chinese classical literature; Chinese classics
educational or school system
internal medicine
Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
taxonomy; science of classification
state-run college; state university
pharmacology
(study of) psychoanalysis
study of psychic phenomena; psychics
to pursue knowledge (one's studies)
organic chemistry
the same school
veterinary medicine
geopolitics
(science of) failure analysis
seismology
military science
threefold training; three divisions of the noble eightfold path
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; Japanology; Japanese studies
study or science of literature; a liberal arts department
mechanics
electrodynamics; electromagnetism
medical college
transferring from one college (or one department) to another
liberal arts college; teachers' college
scholasticism
theory of heat; thermal science; thermology
Japanese philology; Japanese linguistics
dentistry
histology
industry-academic; industry-university
readmission to a school
the study of the calendar
Song-period neo-Confucianism (based esp. on the teachings of Zhu Xi)
scholar; person studying Buddhism
physiognomy
working student
moral philosophy
village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
criminal jurisprudence
classics; classical studies
study of modern societies
(in Chinese history) study of ancient texts
pharmacology
aeronautics
photochemistry
cryptography; cryptology
entomology; study of insects
(study of) acoustics
ethics; moral philosophy; (study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism); (study of) Taoism; Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
environmental studies
newspaper studies; media studies
obstetrics
Oriental studies; Orientalism
learning and virtue
public university
public health (studies)
hereditary learning
popular learning; worldly study
physical engineering
the school year
concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects
theosophy
home economics; domestic science
unlearned; uneducated
diagnostics
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
mythology
the soft sciences (social science, humanities, etc.)
thanatology
numerology
bibliography (study of books); bibliology
educational affairs
school for samurai children
Japanese studies; Japanology
French literature
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
(study of) accounting; accountancy
popular literature
(study of) etymology
ethnology; folkloristics
women's studies
your university
Bible studies
English studies; English philology; English linguistics
prehistory
aesthetics
public administration
kinematics; kinesiology
policy studies
parasitology; helminthology
single-sex education
infinitesimal calculus; (differential and integral) calculus
single-sex education
drawing
fortune telling based on Chinese twelve year cycle
paleography; the study of ancient writings
phrenology; physiognomy
students' association; alumni association
harmonics
international politics (as a field of study)
admission and placement (e.g. to a school); transfer admission; advanced-standing admission
osteology
commercial science
late education
academic predecessor; scholars of the past; senior scholar
library science
(study of) public finance
topography; geomorphology
jurisprudence
study reference; study-aid book
study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
prefectural university
Japanese linguistics
museology; museum studies
semiotics; semiology
linguistics; philology
atmospheric optical phenomenon
(study of) constitutional law
forensic science
teaching oneself; learning by oneself; self-study
college graduate
uranography
inorganic chemistry
academic bulletin; school gazette
study of fish; ichthyology
freedom of learning
dermatology
propositional logic
thremmatology; study of plant and animal breeding
naval architecture
endocrinology
genealogy (the study)
(study of) merchandising
metallurgy (the science)
exegetics
physical sciences
iconography
kana literature; works written in kana in the Heian period
study of religious doctrine
house divination; divination based on the position and form of a house
peace studies; irenology
human geography
human geography
mathematical science
paleontology
Chinese medicine
abnormal psychology
animal husbandry
fisheries science
linguistic geography
regional geography; topography
magnetics
phylogenetics
dialectology
physical anthropology
sinology; Chinese studies
Oriental studies (esp. study of the Middle East); Near Eastern studies
phonetics; phonology
inferior scholarship
numismatics
commercial science
horticultural science; horticulture
industrial chemistry
differential calculus
physical geography
school bond or debenture
beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning
quantum chemistry
Siddham studies
soil science; pedology
film study
diploma; testamur; graduation certificate
social anthropology
numismatics
anesthesiology; anaesthesiology
pharmaceutics
surveying; land surveying
gemology; gemmology
study of historical documents; diplomatics; diplomatic; paleography; palaeography
(legally) incorporated educational institution
toponymy; toponomastics
study society; academic society
false science; science out of line with the world of thought
shallow learning
enzymology
dentistry
school purge
study of syntax
spectroscopy
calculus of variations
sedimentology
stochastics
crystallography
hydraulics
stratigraphy
integral calculus
climatology
to study exhaustively
renowned scholar
futurology
graphics
legal history (studies)
lexicology
materials science
mycology; fungology
numismatics
(study of) molecular evolution
myrmecology; the study of ants
myrmecology; the study of ants
endodontology; endodontia; endodontics
the study of inland waters; limnology
stratigraphy
archive science
(study of) medicine, dentistry and pharmacology
otolaryngology; otorhinology
systematics
cladistics
patristics; patrology
paleogeography; palaeogeography
political economy
exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text; study of biblical interpretation
legal hermeneutics
translation studies
phonetics; phonology
(study of) information systems
cartography
Mariology
crystal chemistry
mining studies; mining engineering; mining science
coming to school; coming to university
university of technology; science and technology college
study of mineral deposits; economic geology
systematics; phylogenetic systematics; systematic taxonomy; systematic biology
biometrics; biometry
redology; study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels
Okinawan studies
vexillology
sinology; Chinese studies
economic anthropology
coal chemistry
gerontology
gastroenterology
psychometrics; psychometry
zymology; fermentology
potamology; fluviology
paleoclimatology
pharmacognosy; the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources
pomology; fruit crop science
historical geography
sustainability science
gerontology
orthodontics; orthodontia
management engineering
paleoanthropology
pulmonology; pneumology; respirology
sexology
Korean studies; Koreanology
balneology (study of therapeutic use of baths)
volcanology; vulcanology
stellar seismology; asteroseismology; astroseismology
palynology
etiology; aetiology
health sciences
palaeography; paleography
onomastics; onomatology
rheumatology
Heian-period student of government administration; Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; learning; scholarship
(Western) physics
Examples (1 in total)
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