大学

• 読み: だいがく
• ローマ字: daigaku
• 漢字の分解: 大 (dai/oo) — big, great; 学 (gaku/mana) — learning, study
• 発音: /da.i.ɡa.kɯ/

意味

University; college. Refers to higher education institutions offering undergraduate and graduate programmes.

A noun referring to four-year universities and colleges. In Japan, entrance exams (入試) are a major life event for students. Graduate school is called 大学院. The word is also used in casual speech to refer to one's university years or student life.

例文

1. 来年大学に入ります。
2. 兄は東京の大学で勉強しています。
3. 大学の友達と昼ごはんを食べました。

使い方ガイド

場面: education, career planning, daily life

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 大 (great, large) and 学 (learning). Borrowed from classical Chinese, where 大学 originally referred to one of the Four Books of Confucianism before evolving to mean an institution of higher learning.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal