学問

がくもん

Scholarship, learning, academic study

N3noun·gakumon

How to remember it

学 ("study") + 問 ("question") = pursue knowledge by studying and asking.

Example sentences

  • 彼は学問に専念している。

    かれはがくもんにせんねんしている。

    He is devoting himself to scholarship.

  • 学問に王道なし。

    がくもんにおうどうなし。

    There is no royal road to learning.

Usage

Formal, slightly bookish term for academic study and scholarship.

Related words

学習研究学者科学

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