がく
Meanings
Noun
1. learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education
Suffix
2. study of ...; -ology; -ics
Kanji used
study
Pitch accent
Top 5900
Used in vocabulary (564 in total)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
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)
student (esp. a university student)
institute; academy
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
mathematics; arithmetic
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
studying abroad; studying at a different school, etc. (usu. for a specific purpose)
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
school cafeteria
medical science; medicine
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
commuting to school; school commute
chemistry
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
within the school
tuition; school expenses
school (building)
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
studies; schoolwork; classwork
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture
esthetics; aesthetics
department of a university; undergraduate (course, program, etc.)
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
study of foreign languages; linguistics
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
engineering
folklore studies; folkloristics
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
school uniform for boys, often with stand-up collar, long jacket and loose trousers
student; follower; students and pupils
(study of) logic
(study of) history
school; sect
ethics; moral philosophy
archaeology; archeology
arts and sciences; liberal arts
illiteracy; ignorance; arhat; someone who has attained nirvana
mechanics; dynamics
military science; strategy; tactics
outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural
scholarship; scientific attainments
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
miscellaneous knowledge
Dutch studies; studies of Western knowledge
scholarly; scholastic; academic
study of history
law; jurisprudence
Japanese literature
Geisteswissenschaften (i.e. the humanities, excluding the arts); mental science
(academic) degree
end of school year
earth science; geoscience
school expenses; education fund
erudition; extensive learning
political science
military science; strategy; tactics
physical science; natural science; physics; lixue (Song-era Chinese philosophy); (arch.) philosophy
surgery (academic discipline)
(study of) statistics
philosophical anthropology; humanics
scientific name (of a species); binomial name; Latin name; academic reputation
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji eras)
management studies; business administration (study of)
school register
Confucianism
private (non-governmental) school (college, university)
(science of) agriculture
dietetics; nutritional science
scholarly principle; scientific principle
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
whole college
learned priest pursuing his studies
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi and his followers)
genetics; study of heredity
working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances
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
pedagogy; pedagogics; education (esp. in the context of the study of education)
university town; college town
the study or science of religion; religious studies
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
the same school
talent and education
military science; military studies
this university; this educational establishment
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
alma mater clique; old school tie
student discount
education and learning
student hostel; dormitory (e.g. for factory workers)
school inspector
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
occultism (Western)
practical science
contemporary literature; modern literature
popular learning; worldly study
(study of) nursing; nursing science
educated; learned; schooled
various studies
academic traditions; academic school of thought; method of study
study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy
physics (study of natural science in ancient Greek philosophy)
study of poetry; poetics
love of learning
electrical engineering
government school
humanities; social sciences; liberal arts
oceanography; oceanology
academic ability
Zen studies; Zen practice
Chinese classical literature; Chinese classics
internal medicine
educational or school system
Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
taxonomy; science of classification
state-run college; state university
study of psychic phenomena; psychics
to pursue knowledge (one's studies)
(science of) failure analysis
veterinary medicine
military science
threefold training; three divisions of the noble eightfold path
study of divination
electrodynamics; electromagnetism
study or science of literature; a liberal arts department
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; Japanology; Japanese studies
medical college
liberal arts college; teachers' college
scholasticism
transferring from one college (or one department) to another
theory of heat; thermal science; thermology
industry-academic; industry-university
Japanese philology; Japanese linguistics
dentistry
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
ethics; moral philosophy; (study of) Confucianism (esp. neo-Confucianism); (study of) Taoism; Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)
working student
criminal jurisprudence
village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)
classics; classical studies
entomology; study of insects
study of modern societies
(in Chinese history) study of ancient texts
Confucianism
cryptography; cryptology
newspaper studies; media studies
(study of) acoustics
environmental studies
learning and virtue
Oriental studies; Orientalism
the school year
hereditary learning
concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects
home economics; domestic science
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
unlearned; uneducated
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
interdisciplinary
the soft sciences (social science, humanities, etc.)
educational affairs
bibliography (study of books); bibliology
Japanese studies; Japanology
school for samurai children
French literature
popular literature
commercial science
(study of) accounting; accountancy
your university
English studies; English philology; English linguistics
(study of) etymology
ethnology; folkloristics
fortune telling based on Chinese twelve year cycle
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
infinitesimal calculus; (differential and integral) calculus
public administration
parasitology; helminthology
kinematics; kinesiology
single-sex education
admission and placement (e.g. to a school); transfer admission; advanced-standing admission
students' association; alumni association
phrenology; physiognomy
paleography; the study of ancient writings
international politics (as a field of study)
teaching oneself; learning by oneself; self-study
(study of) constitutional law
college graduate
linguistics; philology
Japanese linguistics
academic predecessor; scholars of the past; senior scholar
topography; geomorphology
museology; museum studies
forensic science
study reference; study-aid book
late education
semiotics; semiology
(study of) public finance
mycology; fungology
physical geography
inorganic chemistry
freedom of learning
academic bulletin; school gazette
thremmatology; study of plant and animal breeding
naval architecture
study of fish; ichthyology
house divination; divination based on the position and form of a house
mathematical science
kana literature; works written in kana in the Heian period
metallurgy (the science)
peace studies; irenology
study of religious doctrine
(study of) merchandising
genealogy (the study)
study of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture; Japanology; Japanese studies
study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
Oriental studies (esp. study of the Middle East); Near Eastern studies
regional geography; topography
fisheries science
sinology; Chinese studies
inferior scholarship
to have learning; to be educated
study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
study of Sanskrit; study of Buddhism
beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning
differential calculus
toponymy; toponomastics
(legally) incorporated educational institution
phonetics; phonology
study of historical documents; diplomatics; diplomatic; paleography; palaeography
diploma; testamur; graduation certificate
school bond or debenture
gemology; gemmology
horticultural science; horticulture
surveying; land surveying
soil science; pedology
anesthesiology; anaesthesiology
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
student discount
educated; learned; schooled
calculus of variations
(study of) molecular evolution
integral calculus
coming to school; coming to university
sinology; Chinese studies
pharmacognosy; the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources
materials science
university of technology; science and technology college
systematics; phylogenetic systematics; systematic taxonomy; systematic biology
paleogeography; palaeogeography
myrmecology; the study of ants
palaeography; paleography
phonetics; phonology
political economy
study society; academic society
(study of) information systems
patristics; patrology
management engineering
Korean studies; Koreanology
zymology; fermentology
renowned scholar
volcanology; vulcanology
endodontology; endodontia; endodontics
pulmonology; pneumology; respirology
the study of inland waters; limnology
legal history (studies)
redology; study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels
false science; science out of line with the world of thought
to study exhaustively
myrmecology; the study of ants
stellar seismology; asteroseismology; astroseismology
study of syntax
mining studies; mining engineering; mining science
etiology; aetiology
translation studies
health sciences
exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text; study of biblical interpretation
balneology (study of therapeutic use of baths)
potamology; fluviology
study of mineral deposits; economic geology
pomology; fruit crop science
otolaryngology; otorhinology
(study of) medicine, dentistry and pharmacology
Heian-period student of government administration; Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; learning; scholarship
(Western) physics
(Western) physics
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