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JLPT N2 · Noun

理科 (rika)

理科 (りか, rika) is a Japanese noun meaning “science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
りか
Romaji
rika
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. science (natural sciences and related fields, incl. mathematics, engineering, medicine, etc.) · noun
  2. faculties of science, engineering, medicine, etc. (at a university) · noun
  3. science (as a school subject) · noun

Example sentences

彼女は理科を勉強しなければなりません。
She has to study science.
Tatoeba #86314
彼は理科を２科目とらなければならない。
He has to take two science classes.
Tatoeba #99081

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

Kanji in 理科

理
logic, arrangement, reasonリ・ことわり · 11 strokes
科
department, course, sectionカ · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 理科.

料理りょうりcooking地理ちりgeography無理むりunreasonable理由りゆうreason修理しゅうりrepair処理しょりprocessing心理しんりstate of mind整理せいりsorting管理かんりcontrol理解りかいunderstanding理想りそうideal代理だいりrepresentation物理ぶつりlaws of nature真理しんりtruth

Source: JMdict entry 1549900 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.