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Chinese
For pronunciation and definitions of 大学 – see 大學 (“university; college; etc.”).
(This term is the simplified form of 大學). |
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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 大學 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From Middle Chinese 大學 (MC dajH haewk).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
大学 • (Daigaku)
- (Confucianism) Great Learning
Noun
大学 • (daigaku)
- a university; a college
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- 一流大学、東京・青山マンション暮らし。ラグビー部、おまけにベンツ。
- Ichiryū daigaku, Tōkyō Aoyama manshon gurashi. Ragubī-bu, omake ni Bentsu.
- Goes to a top-class university, lives in a condo in Aoyama, Tokyo. Plays on a rugby team, and on top of that, has a Merc.
Coordinate terms
- 大学校 (daigakkō, “academy”)
- 保育園 (hoikuen), 保育所 (hoikusho, “nursery school”)
- 小学校 (shōgakkō, “elementary school”)
- 中学校 (chūgakkō, “junior high school, middle school”)
- 高等学校 (kōtōgakkō, “high school, senior high school”)
- 高校 (kōkō, “high school”)
- 幼稚園 (yōchien, “kindergarten”)
- 大学院 (daigakuin, “graduate school”)
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
- ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.