学問 — meaning in English
gakumon
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English meaning
- academic adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
- discipline noun The practice of training yourself or others to follow rules and control behaviour.
Senses
学問 is used for these senses in English:
- academic Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning, or a scholarly society or organization. [from late 16th century]
- discipline A specific branch of knowledge, learning, or practice.
academic — full definition
- adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
- adj Theoretical rather than practical; of no real practical consequence.
- noun A person who works or studies at a university, especially as a teacher or researcher.
discipline — full definition
- noun The practice of training yourself or others to follow rules and control behaviour.
- noun A particular branch of knowledge or study.
- verb To train someone to behave in a controlled way, or to punish them for breaking rules.