卒そつ業ぎょう

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Common wordJLPTN4Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

卒業する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

graduation; completion of a course

Core meaning: completing a formal educational program or course of study.

Related words· 6

修しゅう了りょうN2sense 1
修了 means completing a course or program (often a training course without a diploma), while 卒業 specifically means graduating from a school with a formal degree or diploma.
引いん退たいN3sense 3
引退 means retiring from a career or activity for good, while 卒業 in the sense of leaving a group often carries a lighter, more positive sense of moving on to a new stage.
終おえるN3
卒業する is the common, specific verb for 'to graduate', while 終える in the same sense (as in 学業を終える) is rarer and sounds slightly more formal.
卒そつ
卒業 is the full, standard word for graduation; 卒 is its clipped form used mainly as a suffix in compounds like 大卒 or 高卒.

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退たい学がくN2
In its rare, dated sense 退学 can mean finishing one's studies and leaving, much like the modern word 卒業, which is the standard term for graduating.
巣す立だち
卒業 literally means graduating from school and is used narrowly for completing an educational stage, whereas 巣立ち evokes the broader image of leaving home and can describe any transition into independent life.

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退たい学がくN2sense 1
退学 means dropping out of or being expelled from school, often involuntarily, while 卒業 implies successfully completing the whole program.
卒そつ業ぎょう式しきN3
卒業 is the act of graduating itself, whereas 卒業式 refers specifically to the formal ceremony held to celebrate it.
卒そつ業ぎょう後ご
卒業 refers to the act of graduating itself, while 卒業後 refers to the period or state that comes after that event.