JLPT N2 · Noun

学会 (gakkai)

学会 (がっかい, gakkai) is a Japanese noun meaning “learned society; scientific society”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: がっかい
Romaji: gakkai
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

learned society; scientific society; academy; academic meeting; academic conference · noun

Example sentences

盛田教授は化学学会で司会を務めた。

Professor Morita presided at a meeting of the Chemical Society.

Tatoeba #142671

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

Kanji in 学会

学

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

会

meeting, meet, partyカイ・エ・あ.う・あ.わせる · 6 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 学会.

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学がくlearning

Source: JMdict entry 1206610 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.