学がく
Meanings
Noun
1. learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education
Even if you tell someone uneducated like me about something that difficult, I won't understand.
Suffix
2. study of ...; -ology; -ics
Magic studies are useless to humans who cannot use magic.
Kanji used
study
Pitch accent
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Top 6400
Used in vocabulary (767 in total)
educational institution; school; academy; campus
student (esp. a university student)
university; college; former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators); the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
institute; academy
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school
science; to think about scientifically; to think in terms of science
inspection; study by observation; field trip; sitting out (e.g. PE class)
academic year; school year; year in school; grade in school
scholar; academic; scientist; learned person; person of learning
mathematics
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
headmaster; principal; dean; provost; rector
studying abroad; (temporarily) studying at another school (to learn a specific skill)
school cafeteria
medicine; medical science
(university) president; chancellor; principal; provost
elementary school; primary school; school for children over eight years old in ancient China; traditional Chinese philology
commuting to school; school commute
chemistry
within the school
scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability
tuition; school expenses
studies; schoolwork; classwork
classroom learning (as contrasted to practical training); classroom lecture; desk study
esthetics; aesthetics
school (building)
attending (school, college, etc.); being enrolled; being a student
faculty (of a university); school; college; department
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
engineering
theology; divinity
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
study of foreign languages; linguistics
academic background; academic credentials; academic record
self-education; self-instruction; self-study
boy's school uniform (usu. a black jacket with a stand-up collar and loose trousers)
university graduate; bachelor; bachelor's degree
folklore studies; folkloristics
student; follower; students and pupils
(study of) history
(study of) logic
forensic medicine; forensic pathology; medical jurisprudence; legal medicine
school (of thought); sect
archaeology; archeology
uneducated; ignorant; illiterate; arhat; person who has attained nirvana
ethics; moral philosophy
arts and sciences; liberal arts
outside the school; outside the university; unaffiliated with the university; off-campus; extramural
mechanics; dynamics
military science; strategy; tactics
education for governing as a monarch; kingcraft
scholarship; scientific attainments
miscellaneous knowledge
study of history
law; jurisprudence
scholarly; scholastic; academic
end of school year
(academic) degree
Japanese literature
rangaku; study of Western knowledge through the Dutch language during the Edo period
Geisteswissenschaften (i.e. the humanities, excluding the arts); mental science
earth science; geoscience
erudition; extensive learning
school expenses; education fund
dean (of a university faculty)
political science
(study of) statistics
military science; strategy; tactics
scientific name (of a species); binomial name; Latin name; academic reputation
surgery (academic discipline)
philosophical anthropology; humanics
mechanical engineering
management studies; business administration (study of)
school register
Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods)
(physical) science; natural science; physics; philosophy; neo-Confucianism
dietetics; nutritional science
Confucianism
private (non-governmental) school (college, university)
alma mater clique; old school tie
women's college; women's university
(science of) agriculture; agricultural science
whole college
scholarly principle; scientific principle
Sinology; study of China or of the Chinese classics
educational institution; academic centre; academic center
(study of) genetics
working one's way through school; earning one's own school fees; studying under adversity; studying in harsh economic circumstances
learned priest pursuing his studies
neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Zhu Xi); Cheng-Zhu school
to have learning; to be educated
English(-language) literature; British literature
night school; evening school; evening class; night study
school regulations
Yangmingism (school of neo-Confucianism based on the teachings of Wang Yangming); School of Mind
religious studies; study of religion
pedagogy; (study of) education
university town; college town
this university; this educational establishment
military science; military studies
study of classical Japanese literature and culture; Japanology; Japanese studies
studying the same subject; studying at the same school; studying under the same teacher; schoolmate; classmate; fellow student
talent and education
student hostel; hall of residence; seminary; college (in UK universities)
highly selective university; university with high entry requirements; elite university
student discount
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
educated; learned; schooled
occultism (Western)
practical learning; practical studies; practical science; studies with real applications
education and learning
school inspector
(study of) nursing; nursing science
contemporary literature; modern literature
popular learning; worldly study
physics (study of natural science in ancient Greek philosophy)
various studies
study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy
academic traditions; academic school of thought; method of study
study of poetry; poetics
love of learning
electrical engineering
oceanography; oceanology
government school
academic ability
study of psychic phenomena; psychics
college of music; school of music; music college
Zen studies; Zen practice
readmission to a school
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
educational or school system
The Phenomenology of Spirit (1807 book by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel); The Phenomenology of Mind
Tonghak (19th century Korean religious movement)
Chinese classical literature; Chinese classics
internal medicine
study of the mind (in neo-Confucianism); Shingaku; Edo-period moral philosophy that blended Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings
Oriental medicine; Eastern medicine
to pursue knowledge (one's studies)
veterinary medicine
study or science of literature; a liberal arts department
military science
(science of) failure analysis
(study of) genealogy
study of divination
electrodynamics; electromagnetism
threefold training; three divisions of the noble eightfold path
industry-academic; industry-university
medical science
liberal arts college; teachers' college
transferring from one college (or one department) to another
theory of heat; thermal science; thermology
Japanese philology; Japanese linguistics
scholasticism
learning and virtue
study of the calendar
Song-dynasty neo-Confucianism (esp. the teachings of Zhu Xi)
scholar; Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism
ethics; moral philosophy; (study of) Confucianism (esp. the Cheng-Zhu school of neo-Confucianism); (study of) Taoism; Shingaku (Edo-period moral philosophy)
Confucianism
working student
study of modern societies
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
informatics; information science
evidential textual research (esp. of texts from Ming dynasty China)
dentistry
cryptography; cryptology
environmental studies
gynecology; gynaecology
newspaper studies; media studies
(study of) acoustics
art studies; science of art
government-established university; national university
Oriental studies; Orientalism
the school year
hereditary learning
concurrently studying the teachings of two or more different schools or sects
commercial science
home economics; domestic science
city university; municipal college
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
Buddhist studies; Buddhology
unlearned; uneducated
educational affairs
the soft sciences (social science, humanities, etc.)
(study of) etymology
interdisciplinary
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
bibliography (study of books); bibliology
Japanese studies; Japanology
(study of) accounting; accountancy
han school; school established by a daimyo for educating the children of the domain's retainers
French literature
popular literature
your university
English studies; English philology; English linguistics
ethnology; folkloristics
fortune telling based on Chinese twelve year cycle
academic predecessor; scholars of the past; senior scholar
infinitesimal calculus; (differential and integral) calculus
public administration
kinematics; kinesiology
parasitology; helminthology
single-sex education
teaching oneself; learning by oneself; self-study; driving school
dynamics; mechanics; dynamics
obstetrics and gynecology; obstetrics and gynaecology
admission and placement (e.g. to a school); transfer admission; advanced-standing admission
students' association; alumni association
phrenology; physiognomy
metallurgy (the science)
international politics (as a field of study)
paleography; the study of ancient writings
hematology; haematology
(study of) public finance
(study of) constitutional law
college graduate
linguistics; philology
Japanese linguistics
Tokyo Big Six Universities (esp. the baseball federation)
inorganic chemistry
establishment of a university
topography; geomorphology
museology; museum studies
forensic science
study reference; study-aid book
late education
inferior scholarship
freedom of learning
physiography; physical geography
physiography; physical geography
mathematical science
academic bulletin; school gazette
pursuit of learning; study
thremmatology; study of plant and animal breeding
naval architecture
house divination; divination based on the position and form of a house
study of infectious diseases
kana literature; works written in kana in the Heian period
peace studies; irenology
study of religious doctrine
abandoning one's studies; quitting school; dropping out; closing down (of a school or university); defunct school; defunct university
(study of) merchandising
(study of) genealogy
mycology; fungology
study of classical Japanese literature and culture; Japanology; Japanese studies
study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
study hard while you are young; (lit.) boys grow old easily but getting learned is harder
University of East Asia
Oriental studies (esp. study of the Middle East); Near Eastern studies
mathematical engineering
sitology; food science
regional geography; topography
semiotics; semiology
sinology; Chinese studies
textile science
to have learning; to be educated
beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning
differential calculus
integral calculus
Far Eastern State University
toponymy; toponomastics
(legally) incorporated educational institution
phonetics; phonology
fisheries science
volcanology; vulcanology
study of historical documents; diplomatics; diplomatic; paleography; palaeography
diploma; testamur; graduation certificate
school (within a university); college; department
gemology; gemmology
my university
school bond or debenture
study of Sanskrit; study of Buddhism
horticultural science; horticulture
surveying; land surveying
soil science; pedology
anesthesiology; anaesthesiology
welfare studies
dental medicine; dentistry
management engineering
boy's school uniform (usu. a black jacket with a stand-up collar and loose trousers)
boy's school uniform (usu. a black jacket with a stand-up collar and loose trousers)
student discount
educated; learned; schooled
Tokyo Gakugei University (abbr.)
(school) field trip; educational visit (e.g. by a class)
calculus of variations
geriatrics; geriatric medicine
(study of) molecular evolution
sinology; Chinese studies
prefectural university (Osaka or Kyoto)
coming to school; coming to university
Chemical Society of Japan
Chongqing University; CQU
Shandong University; SDU
University of Marketing and Distribution Sciences
materials science
University of Hong Kong
university of applied science (e.g. the Dutch "Hogeschool" and the German "Fachhochschule" institutes of higher education)
Shandong University of Technology; SDUT
International Union of Physiological Sciences
South China University of Technology; SCUT
Hong Kong Polytechnic University; PolyU
Nanjing University of Science & Technology; NUST
university of technology; science and technology college
university of technology; science and technology college
Hiroshima Geographical Association; HGA
systematics; phylogenetic systematics; systematic taxonomy; systematic biology
paleogeography; palaeogeography
palaeography; paleography
Beijing University of Chemical Technology
myrmecology
arachnology
phonetics; phonology
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
political economy
(study of) information systems
study society; academic society
L'Association Internationale des Etudiants en Sciences Economiques et Commercial
Kwansei Gakuin University (abbr)
patristics; patrology
water chemistry; hydrochemistry
driving school
dogmatics; dogmatic theology
Korean studies; Koreanology
Aoyama Gakuin University (abbr)
geriatrics; geriatric medicine
zymology; fermentology
legal history (studies)
renowned scholar
pulmonology; pneumology; respirology
the study of inland waters; limnology
redology; study of the novel Dream of the Red Chamber by Cao Xueqin, one of China's four great classical novels
archive science; archival studies
archive science; archival studies
false science; science out of line with the world of thought
Tokyo Gakugei University (abbr.)
etiology; aetiology
myrmecology
stellar seismology; asteroseismology; astroseismology
study of syntax
mining studies; mining engineering; mining science
translation studies
etiology; aetiology
health sciences
exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text; study of biblical interpretation
pedology (study of child behavior and development); paedology; puericulture
balneology (study of therapeutic use of baths)
potamology; fluviology
algology; phycology
pomology; fruit crop science
study of mineral deposits; economic geology
otolaryngology; otorhinology
(study of) medicine, dentistry and pharmacology
anesthesiology; anaesthesiology
Heian-period student of government administration; Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; learning; scholarship
(Western) physics
(Western) physics
Examples (7 in total)
Learning really is necessary, isn't it?
Unfortunately, I don't have much education.
I'm reading a book on color theory.