JLPT N3 · Noun

学 (gaku)

学 (がく, gaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “learning; scholarship”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: がく
Romaji: gaku
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge · noun
study of ...; -ology; -ics · suffix noun

Example sentences

学のある人はとかく無知な人を軽蔑する。

The learned are apt to despise the ignorant.

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

Kanji in 学

学

study, learning, scienceガク・まな.ぶ · 8 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 学.

学生がくせいstudent (esp. a university student)学校がっこうschool大学だいがくuniversity留学生りゅうがくせいoverseas student医学いがくmedicine学部がくぶfaculty (of a university)科学かがくscience入学にゅうがくadmission (to a school or university)文学ぶんがくliterature数学すうがくmathematics大学生だいがくせいuniversity student中学校ちゅうがっこうjunior high school小学校しょうがっこうprimary school進学しんがくadvancing to the next stage of education

Source: JMdict entry 1955900 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.