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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

  1. adj Relating to schools, universities, or formal education and scholarship.
  2. adj Theoretical rather than practical; of no real practical consequence.
  3. noun A person who works or studies at a university, especially as a teacher or researcher.

discipline — full definition

  1. noun The practice of training yourself or others to follow rules and control behaviour.
  2. noun A particular branch of knowledge or study.
  3. verb To train someone to behave in a controlled way, or to punish them for breaking rules.

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