大だい学がく
Meanings
Noun
1. university; college
You should choose that kind of university.
2. former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators)
3. the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
Kanji used
large
study
Pitch accent
だ
いがく
Top 2000
Composed of
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
Used in vocabulary (653 in total)
university student; college student
university hospital; teaching hospital
to graduate from a university
university professor; college professor
medical university; medical college; medical school
continuing one's education into university
graduate student; postgraduate student
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
institute of technology; technological university; technical university; engineering college
imperial university; university founded by the Empire of Japan between 1886 and 1939; Imperial University (name of the University of Tokyo between 1886 and 1897)
top university; leading university; first-rate university
women's college; women's university
university entrance examination
university of arts; arts college
Daigaku-ryō; former imperial university of Japan, established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators
university of science
to be accepted by a university
University of Cambridge
attempting to change one's image when one starts university
highly selective university; university with high entry requirements; elite university
great scholar; savant; polymath
university library; college library
(multi-faculty) university
university education; college education (training)
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
candied sweet potato
college of music; school of music; music college
University of London
institute of technology; technological university; technical university; engineering college
university lecturer; college lecturer
university graduate; college graduate
liberal arts college; teachers' college
junior college; vocationally oriented post-secondary institution offering two or three-year programs
national, prefectural and other public universities and colleges
government-established university; national university
mercantile marine college
pharmaceutical college; college of pharmacy
city university; municipal college
commercial college; college of commerce
Moscow State University; MGU
president (of a university); chancellor; vice-chancellor
postgraduate degree holder; holder of masters degree or doctorate
student preparing to re-take initially failed university entrance examinations
university of foreign studies; university specializing in foreign languages
Washington University
The University of Sydney
minor local college; small-time university
candied sweet potato
position at the imperial court in ancient China
College Physical Education Association
Tokyo Big Six Universities (esp. the baseball federation)
continuing education courses offered via radio or television; open university
preparatory course for college
The University of Melbourne; Melbourne University
era in which university places outnumber university applicants; era of declining enrollment
University of Electro-Communications
university summer school; college summer school
one-faculty university; one-faculty college
University of Miyazaki (formed from the merger of Miyazaki University and Miyazaki Medical College in 2003); Miyazaki University (1949-2003)
Japan Women's College of Physical Education
graduate university; university concentrating on graduate-level education and advanced research; research university
University of East Asia
black university (e.g. in the US); black college
esteemed university; honorable university
United Nations University (abbr.); UN University; UNU
university (operated under post-war guidelines)
National Police Academy
Far Eastern State University
Southeast University; SEU
University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)
International University of Health and Welfare
The Great Learning for Women (18th century neo-Confucian educational text for women)
Institute of Technologists
Hanyang University (Seoul)
Bath Spa University (UK)
University of Warwick (UK)
Shibuya University Network
Chulalongkorn University (Thailand)
Japanese Association of University Women
university life; college life
university-initiated business; university-led venture
Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences
China University of Geosciences; CUG
Japan Institute of the Moving Image
Southern Illinois University
prefectural university (Osaka or Kyoto)
National Chiao Tung University; NCTU
United Nations University; UN University; UNU
Heian Jogakuin University; St. Agnes' University
Open University of Japan (formerly University of the Air)
University of Electronic Science and Technology of China; UESTC
Center China Normal University; CCNU
Osaka University of Comprehensive Children Education
Huazhong University of Science & Technology; HUST
Chongqing University; CQU
National Cheng Kung University; NCKU
Shandong University; SDU
(Niigata) University of International and Information Studies
University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences
The University of the Third Age (U3A)
Nippon Veterinary and Animal Science University
Cheju National University
University of Hong Kong
dental college; dental university
university of applied science (e.g. the Dutch "Hogeschool" and the German "Fachhochschule" institutes of higher education)
Hamamatsu University (1988-2016)
Bunri University of Hospitality
Shandong University of Technology; SDUT
Iwate University of Health and Medical Sciences
South China University of Technology; SCUT
Hong Kong Polytechnic University; PolyU
Nanjing University of Science & Technology; NUST
Tokyo University of Information Sciences
Southwest Jiaotong University; SWJTU
university of technology; science and technology college
university of technology; science and technology college
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
prefectural health sciences university
Kyushu Institute of Information Sciences; HIIS
Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University; OIST
university specializing in economics and law
university specializing in economics and law
University of Library and Information Science
Momoyama Gakuin University; St. Andrew's University
Hiroshima Denki Institute of Technology
Hyogo University of Teacher Education
Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology
Qinghai Normal University; QHNU
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
Kansai University of Health Sciences
University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
Hyogo University of Health Sciences
Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Morinomiya University of Medical Sciences
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics; SWUFE
University of Science and Technology Beijing; USTB
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; HKUST
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Gifu University Of Health Science
Tokyo Ariake University of Medical and Health Sciences
Kansai University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Xian University of Architecture & Technology; XAUAT
Kyushu University of Nursing and Social Welfare
Examples (178 in total)
The university starts in April.
I want to go to college.
He could not go to college.