I Love Kanji退学 (taigaku)
退学 (たいがく, taigaku) is a Japanese noun / suru verb meaning “dropping out of school; withdrawal from school”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たいがく
- Romaji
- taigaku
- Word class
- Noun + する (suru verb)
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- dropping out of school; withdrawal from school · noun, suru verb, intransitive
- expulsion from school; dismissal · noun, suru verb, intransitive
- leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course · noun, suru verb, intransitive · dated
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 退学
Noun + する (suru verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 退学する | たいがくする taigakusuru |
| Polite (~masu) | 退学します | たいがくします taigakushimasu |
| Negative | 退学しない | たいがくしない taigakushinai |
| Polite negative | 退学しません | たいがくしません taigakushimasen |
| Past | 退学した | たいがくした taigakushita |
| Polite past | 退学しました | たいがくしました taigakushimashita |
| Negative past | 退学しなかった | たいがくしなかった taigakushinakatta |
| Te-form | 退学して | たいがくして taigakushite |
| Potential | 退学できる | たいがくできる taigakudekiru |
| Passive | 退学される | たいがくされる taigakusareru |
| Causative | 退学させる | たいがくさせる taigakusaseru |
| Volitional | 退学しよう | たいがくしよう taigakushiyou |
| Imperative | 退学しろ | たいがくしろ taigakushiro |
| Conditional (~ba) | 退学すれば | たいがくすれば taigakusureba |
Kanji in 退学
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 退学.
退院たいいんleaving hospital引退いんたいretirement退屈たいくつtedious退くどくto step aside辞退じたいdeclining退けるどけるto put something out of the way後退こうたいretreat退治たいじextermination退職たいしょくretirement脱退だったいwithdrawal (e.g. from an organization)退化たいかdegeneration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
Source: JMdict entry 1411340 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.