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])
• IPA^(key): [da̠iɡa̠kɯ̟]

Proper noun

大(だい)学(がく) • (Daigaku) 

1. (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) 

1. 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

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