だいがく
Meanings
Noun
1. university; college
2. former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators)
3. the Great Learning (one of the Four Books)
Kanji used
large
study
Pitch accent
いがく
Top 1900
Composed of
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
Used in vocabulary (72 in total)
university student; college student
university hospital; teaching hospital
Examples (143 in total)
The university starts in April.
I want to go to college.
He could not go to college.
Are you saying you're not going to college?
Do you go to college?
My brother seems to enjoy himself at college.
Our college is far from the station.
Our university has a dormitory.
University was a wonderful experience.
He works in the university.
Today is the university's entrance ceremony.
I want to go study at a Canadian university.
We were roommates in college.
I majored in management at university.
I will go to the university tomorrow, too.
I haven't gone to college yet.
You met him at the university?
What are you going to do in college?
He's a student at this college.
She went to college after she got married.
What do you want to study at college?
I need money to go to college.
I put my son through college.
Which college are you aiming for?
Both my sister and brother go to college.
There is a cafeteria in the university.
Is the university library open now?
I graduated from university last year.
Chris is very anxious to go to college.
Kyoto has many universities.
My first day in the university was rather boring.
He was poor, so he couldn't go to college.
By the way, next week will be our university graduation ceremony.
He graduated from college last year.
My brother goes to college in Kobe.
The post office is not far from your college.
Drinking is forbidden on campus.
Next week, I will sit a university entrance examination.
Frank majored in sociology at university.
The college granted him a scholarship.
The president of the university is likely to resign.
Ted is satisfied with life in college.
What is the role of the University in the modern society?
Tom is going to college in Boston.
The majority of the successful candidates were university graduates.
Tom majored in Japanese literature in college.
I hope to graduate from university next spring.
The college is affiliated with the university.
I plan to major in cognitive science in college.
I thought college would be a more interesting place.
It is necessary that he should go to college.
I've made a lot of friends since I entered college.
A considerable number of students want to go to college.
He studies history at college.
I owe it to my parents that I was able to finish college.
After her graduation from college, she went over to the United States.
How many students are there in your university?
My sister expects to graduate from college next year.
He was encouraged by a professor from his college days.
I haven't decided yet whether I'll go to college or get a job.
My uncle teaches English at the university.
Our university is in the suburbs of Tokyo.
That university was my first choice.
I want to be independent of my parents when I enter college.
He returned to Japan after graduating from college.
He depends on his parents for his university fees.
He is a professor of English at Leeds.
He decided to major in medicine in college.
They have a very good curriculum at that university.
I plan to major in engineering in college.
He finally resigned the presidency of the college.
I am satisfied with my life in college to a certain extent.
My college tuition is too expensive.
Linda was called back from college because of her father's sudden illness.
There is a fairly small number of students at this university.
He majored in Japanese literature at the university.
The college bestowed an honorary degree on him.
Our new teacher is fresh out of college.
I am studying electrical engineering at the University of Plymouth.
The university conferred its highest degree on him.
I understand now why he didn't go to a university.
All of my children went to good universities.
You'll soon get accustomed to your new college life.
His parents want him to go to college.
At any rate, I'll go to college after graduating from high school.
He is a doctor and a university professor.
Please tell me the requirements for admission to the college.
My sister works as an assistant to a college professor.
I represented my university at the conference.
Our university has excellent sports facilities.
They run the university with a view to making a lot of money.
There are ten thousand students in this university.
Tom asked me where I wanted to go to college.
I graduated from college in the same year as your father.
Our college uses far too much electricity.
They are very proud of being students of that college.
I hope to be engaged in the export business after graduating from college.
The university decided to do away with this kind of examination.
Not all the students of this school go on to university.
It is no laughing matter that he couldn't graduate from university this year.
That university was founded by Mr. Smith.
If they admit me to the university, I think I will major in economics.
That university's curriculum covers natural science and social science.
We will be studying at the University of San Francisco in September.
The Geneva University Library has a good reading room.
He grew up to be a college football player.
He entered the college to study electronics.
Kathy got a part-time job so that she could study at college.
Dr. Hellebrandt is an associate professor in that excellent university.
The teacher gave her a lot of information about the university.
If you want to go to college, study English harder.
I was active in politics when I was in the university.
Several universities in this country enjoy great prestige.
She thought that she could become economically independent from her parents if she went to college.
The University Administration decided to set up a branch campus in New York.
I want to study abroad in France during college, so I'm studying French.
I have been to Australia once when I was in college.
What is important is not which university you've graduated from but what you've learned in the university.
A school bus ferries students between the station and the campus.
My father would not permit me to go on to college.
Some college teachers come to class late and leave early.
The girl talked to her parents about her college life in Tokyo.
I'm thinking about which college might be best for me.
In fact, he hardly ever complains about his college life.
The older of the two daughters is in college.
Thanks to his recommendation, I was able to get a teaching job at a college in Tokyo.
The professor who invented it has the right to reasonable remuneration from the university.
When he came to Tokyo for the first time, this college had not been opened yet.
My daughter is studying veterinary medicine at university as she is intending to become a veterinarian in the future.
After graduating from college my brother went to the United States for the purpose of doing further research.
University is a waste of time.
At most 40 percent of students go on to university.
This college was established in 1910.
This university was founded in 1843.
You have to go to college for four years.
Our university consists of eight departments.
He studied hard in order to get into college.
The university graduated 500 students last year.
Our university usually starts on April 1st.
There were twice as many university applicants in 1992 as in 1982.
After I graduated from college, I spent two years traveling around the world.
When I reach retirement age in 1998, I will have worked for the college for thirty years.
Looking back on our college days, it seems as if they were a century ago.