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
to graduate from a university
university (college) professor
continuing one's education into university
large notebook (usu. used for taking lecture notes)
(former) imperial university
top university; leading university; first-rate university
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.