JLPT N5 · Noun

学生 (gakusei)

学生 (がくせい, gakusei) is a Japanese noun meaning “student (esp. a university student)”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: がくせい
Romaji: gakusei
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

student (esp. a university student) · noun

Example sentences

学生の半数が休んでいた。

Half the students were absent.

Tatoeba #184267

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

Kanji in 学生

学

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

生

life, genuine, birthセイ・ショウ・い.きる・い.かす · 5 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 学生.

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進学しんがくadvancing to the next stage of education

Source: JMdict entry 1206900 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.