講

Meaning

講 centers on organized spoken exchange: a lecture or talk, and by extension a group that meets for such exchange, like a club or association.

• 講師こうし
  N2

  speaker; lecturer

• 講座こうざ

  course (e.g. of lectures)

• 講演こうえん
  N3

  lecture; address; speech

• 講義こうぎ
  N4

  lecture

• 講習こうしゅう
  N1

  short course; training

• 講談社こうだんしゃ

  Kodansha (publisher)

• 受講じゅこう
  N2

  taking a lecture; attending a class; taking a course

• 講こう

  (Buddhist) lecture meeting

• 講ずるこうずる

  to lecture; to read aloud; to give a lecture (on)

• 開講かいこう

  start of a course; start of lectures

• 講堂こうどう
  N4

  auditorium; lecture hall

• 講じるこうじる

  to lecture; to read aloud; to give a lecture (on)

• 講和こうわ
  N1

  reconciliation (between warring nations); (making of) peace

• 講話こうわ

  lecture; discourse

• 講談こうだん

  storytelling (of war chronicles, revenge tales, etc.) with highly dramatic delivery; story

• 講釈こうしゃく

  explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; exposition

• 講読こうどく
  N1

  reading; translation

• 休講きゅうこう
  N2

  cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)

• 講評こうひょう

  criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique

• 聴講ちょうこう
  N1

  lecture attendance; auditing

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