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人類学 (じんるいがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

人じん類るい学がく

じ

ん

る

い

が

く

Common word

Meanings

1

noun

The academic study of human societies, cultures, and their development.

彼かの女じょは大だい学がくで人じん類るい学がくを専せん攻こうしている。
She is majoring in anthropology at university.
人じん類るい学がくの視し点てんから文ぶん

化か

を

比ひ

較かく

する

。

Compare cultures from an anthropological perspective.

Kanji

人person
類sort, kind, variety
学study, learning, science

Similar words

文ぶん化か人じん類るい学がく
Cultural anthropology, a subfield of anthropology focusing on cultural variation among humans.
形けい質しつ人じん類るい学がく
Physical anthropology, another subfield concerned with biological and evolutionary aspects of humans.

Etymology

Compound of 人類 (jinrui, 'human race') + 学 (-gaku, 'study, -ology'). A straightforward modern academic term.