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JLPT N5 · Noun

大学 (daigaku)

大学 (だいがく, daigaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “university; college”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
だいがく
Romaji
daigaku
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. university; college · noun
  2. former imperial university of Japan (established under the ritsuryō system for the training of government administrators) · noun · hist, abbreviation
  3. the Great Learning (one of the Four Books) · noun

Example sentences

あなたは理科系の大学に進んだほうがいいよ。
You should go on to a technical college.
Tatoeba #231493
合格者の過半数は大学出身者であった。
The majority of the successful candidates were university graduates.
Tatoeba #173167

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 大学

大
large, bigダイ・タイ・おお-・おお.きい · 3 strokes
学
study, learning, scienceガク・まな.ぶ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 大学.

大勢おおぜいcrowd of people大人おとなadult大切たいせつimportant大変たいへんvery大きいおおきいbig大きなおおきなbig大使館たいしかんembassy大丈夫だいじょうぶsafe大好きだいすきliking very much大抵たいていmostly大事だいじimportant大体だいたいgenerally大分だいぶconsiderably大学生だいがくせいuniversity student

Source: JMdict entry 1413240 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.