数学

• 読み: すうがく
• ローマ字: suugaku
• 漢字の分解: 数 (suu/kazu) — number, count; 学 (gaku/mana) — study, learning
• 発音: /sɯː.ɡa.kɯ/

意味

Mathematics. The academic study of numbers, quantities, and shapes.

A noun combining 数 (number) and 学 (study, learning). Refers to mathematics as a school subject or academic discipline. In Japanese schools, 算数 (sansuu) is used for elementary maths, while 数学 is used from middle school onwards. A core subject in the Japanese education system.

例文

1. 数学が一番好きな科目です。
2. 今日の数学の宿題は難しいです。
3. 数学のテストで九十点を取りました。

使い方ガイド

場面: school, academics, subjects

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Compound of 数 (number, count) and 学 (study, learning). The term was coined during the Meiji era as part of the modernisation of academic terminology, translating Western concepts of mathematics as a formal discipline.

文化的背景

時代: Modern

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal