だいがく
Meanings
Noun
1. 学問の研究と教授にあたる高等教育機関。
2. 古代日本の律令制における官吏養成機関、の略。
3. 中国における儒教の経典のひとつ。著者・成立年未詳。
Kanji used
large
study
Pitch accent
いがく
Top 1900
Composed of
① おおきいこと。② 一人前のおとなであること。③ 程度がはなはだしいこと。④ 大便の略。
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
Used in vocabulary (72 in total)
① 大学に在籍している学生。
university hospital; teaching hospital
① 大学の学部の上に位置して学術の研究を行い、また所属する学生に学問を授ける高等教育機関。
to graduate from a university
university (college) professor
continuing one's education into university
① 大学院に在籍している学生。
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
(former) imperial university
top university; leading university; first-rate university
① 女子を教育の対象とする大学。
university of arts; arts college
university entrance examination
to be accepted by a university
attempting to change one's image when one starts university
great scholar; savant; polymath
hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university
university library; college library
university education; college education (training)
college of the arts; university of the arts; art university
candied sweet potato
to continue one's studies up to university; to go to university
college of music; school of music; music college
former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)
state-run college; state university
university lecturer; college lecturer
technical college or institute
liberal arts college; teachers' college
university graduate; college graduate
junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution
pharmaceutical college; college of pharmacy
mercantile marine college
national, prefectural and other public universities and colleges
student preparing to re-take initially failed university entrance examinations
preparatory course for college
minor local college; small-time university
position at the imperial court in ancient China
university of foreign studies; university specializing in foreign languages
continuing education courses offered via radio or television; open university
university summer school; college summer school
graduate university; university concentrating on graduate-level education and advanced research; research university
college (offering a single course of study)
black university (e.g. in the US); black college
esteemed university; honorable university
university (operated under post-war guidelines)
University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005)
dental college; dental university
university of applied science (e.g. the Dutch "Hogeschool" and the German "Fachhochschule" institutes of higher education)
university of technology; science and technology college
university of technology; science and technology college
prefectural health sciences university
university specializing in economics and law
university specializing in economics and law
Examples (143 in total)
The university starts in April.
I want to go to college.
He could not go to college.