大学

See also: 大學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of 大学 – see 大學 (“university; college; etc.”). (This term is the simplified form of 大學).
Notes: Simplified Chinese is mainly used in Mainland China, Malaysia, and Singapore. Traditional Chinese is mainly used in Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan.

Japanese

Kanji in this term
大	学
だい Grade: 1	がく Grade: 1
goon

Alternative spelling
大學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 大學 (MC dajH haewk).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) だいがく [dàígákú] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [da̠iɡa̠kɯ̟]

Proper noun

大(だい)学(がく) • (Daigaku)

(Confucianism) Great Learning

Coordinate terms

四(し)書(しょ)五(ご)経(きょう) (Shisho Gokyō, “Four Books and Five Classics”)

四(し)書(しょ) (Shisho, “Four Books”)

大(だい)学(がく) (Daigaku, “Great Learning”)
中(ちゅう)庸(よう) (Chūyō, “Doctrine of the Mean”)
論(ろん)語(ご) (Rongo, “Analects”)
孟(もう)子(し) (Mōshi, “Mencius”)

五(ご)経(きょう) (Gokyō, “Five Classics”)

詩(しき)経(ょう) (Shikyō, “Classic of Poetry”)
書(しょ)経(きょう) (Shokyō, “Book of Documents”)
礼(らい)記(き) (Raiki, “Book of Rites”)
易(えき)経(きょう) (Ekikyō, “I Ching”)
春(しゅん)秋(じゅう) (Shunjū, “Spring and Autumn Annals”)

Noun

大(だい)学(がく) • (daigaku)

a university; a college
- 1996 February 20 [1988 February 15], Mitsuru Adachi, “近況 [How It’s Going Now]”, in SHORT(ショート) PROGRAM(プログラム) [SHORT PROGRAM], 25th edition, volume 1 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 15:
  
  一(いち)流(りゅう)大(だい)学(がく)、東(とう)京(きょう)・青(あお)山(やま)マンション暮(ぐ)らし。ラグビー部(ぶ)、おまけにベンツ。
  Ichiryū daigaku, Tōkyō Aoyama manshon gurashi. Ragubī-bu, omake ni Bentsu.
  Goes to a top-class university, lives in a condo in Aoyama, Tokyo. Plays on a rugby team, and on top of that, has a Merc.

Coordinate terms

大(だい)学(がっ)校(こう) (daigakkō, “academy”)
保(ほ)育(いく)園(えん) (hoikuen), 保(ほ)育(いく)所(しょ) (hoikusho, “nursery school”)
小(しょう)学(がっ)校(こう) (shōgakkō, “elementary school”)
中(ちゅう)学(がっ)校(こう) (chūgakkō, “junior high school, middle school”)
高(こう)等(とう)学(がっ)校(こう) (kōtōgakkō, “high school, senior high school”)
高(こう)校(こう) (kōkō, “high school”)
幼(よう)稚(ち)園(えん) (yōchien, “kindergarten”)
大(だい)学(がく)院(いん) (daigakuin, “graduate school”)

Derived terms

大学進学適性試験 (“SAT”)
大(だい)学(がく)院(いん) (daigakuin, “graduate school”)
大(だい)学(がく)教(きょう)育(いく) (daigaku kyōiku)
大(だい)学(がく)教(きょう)授(じゅ) (daigaku kyōju)
大(だい)学(がく)制(せい)度(ど) (daigaku seido)
大(だい)学(がく)生(せい) (daigakusei)
大(だい)学(がく)浪(ろう)人(にん) (daigaku rōnin)
医(い)科(か)大(だい)学(がく) (ika daigaku)
音(おん)楽(がく)大(だい)学(がく) (ongaku daigaku)
工(こう)業(ぎょう)大(だい)学(がく) (kōgyō daigaku)
私(し)立(りつ)大(だい)学(がく) (shiritsu daigaku, “a private university”)
商(しょう)科(か)大(だい)学(がく) (shōka daigaku)
商(しょう)船(せん)大(だい)学(がく) (shōsen daigaku)
女(じょ)子(し)大(だい)学(がく) (joshi daigaku, “women's university”)
水(すい)産(さん)大(だい)学(がく) (suisan daigaku)
総(そう)合(ごう)大(だい)学(がく) (sōgō daigaku, “university”)
単(たん)科(か)大(だい)学(がく) (tanka daigaku, “college”)
短(たん)期(き)大(だい)学(がく) (tanki daigaku)
美(び)術(じゅつ)大(だい)学(がく) (bijutsu daigaku)
放(ほう)送(そう)大(だい)学(がく) (hōsō daigaku)
薬(やっ)科(か)大(だい)学(がく) (yakka daigaku)
大学卒
大学病院
大学紛争
大学寮
国立大学
州立大学
新制大学
夏期大学
各大学
学芸大学
工科大学
理科大学
陸軍大学

See also

四(し)書(しょ) (Shisho)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN

2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.