りか – Vocabulary details

りか

Meanings

Noun

1. science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.)

2. faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university)

3. science (as a school subject)

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

り

か

Used in: 260

Composed of

り

reason; principle; general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon); the underlying principles of the cosmos (in neo-Confucianism)

か

department (of a university or hospital); course (of study); branch of study; family

Used in vocabulary (10 in total)

りかだいがく

university of science

りかけい

the sciences; STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics)

ぶつりかがく

physical science

りかねんぴょう

chronological scientific tables

すうりかがく

mathematical science

りかばなれ

declining interest in the natural sciences (among youth)

りかしつ

science classroom; (school) science lab

こくさいせいりかがくれんごう

International Union of Physiological Sciences

ちりかがくがっかい

Hiroshima Geographical Association; HGA

にっぽんりかきょういくがっかい

Society of Japan Science Teaching

Examples (8 in total)

彼かれはりかで後おくれをとっている。

He lags behind in science.

彼かの女じょはりかを勉べん強きょうしなければなりません。

She has to study science.

りかも数すう学がくもどっちも好すきです。

I like both science and mathematics.