教きょう授じゅ

きょ

う

じゅ

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

教授する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Academic title for a university professor. In Japanese universities, it is the highest rank, above 准教授 (associate professor) and 講師 (lecturer).

Refers to the act of teaching or instructing, often in an academic or formal setting. Can be used as a noun or with する as a transitive verb.

〈人ひと〉教きょう授じゅProfessor [Name] (used as an academic title after a surname)
田た中なか教きょう授じゅは経けい済ざい学がくの権けん威いです。
Professor Tanaka is an authority in economics.
〈事こと〉を教きょう授じゅするto teach/instruct someone in (a skill, subject)
彼かの女じょは生せい徒とたちにピアノを教きょう授じゅしている。
She instructs her students in piano.
教きょう授じゅになるto become a professor
彼かれは35歳さいで教きょう授じゅになった。
He became a professor at the age of 35.

教おしえるN5sense 2
教える is the everyday verb for teaching anything, while 教授 is a formal noun (often with する) used for academic or expert instruction.
伝でん授じゅ
教授 is general or academic instruction, while 伝授 specifically means passing down secret or specialized skills from master to disciple.
講こう師しN2
教授 denotes the senior, tenured rank of professor, whereas 講師 is a lower or non-tenured teaching position, often part-time.
指し南なん
教授 is more formal and academic, often used for teaching in schools or universities, whereas 指南 is more practical and skill-oriented, common in martial arts or crafts.

准じゅん教きょう授じゅ sense 1
教授 is the top academic rank at a Japanese university, while 准教授 is the associate-professor rank just below it, so the two titles are easily mixed up.
講こう師しN2sense 1
講師 (lecturer/instructor) is a lower academic rank than 教授 (professor), and learners often confuse the two job titles.
助じょ教きょう授じゅN2
教授 is the full professor rank, one level above 助教授, so learners should not treat them as interchangeable titles.

Show 2 more

教きょう師しN3
教授 specifically means a university professor, while 教師 is a broader term covering teachers at any level.
教きょう示じ
教示 means giving formal instructions or information, while 教授 usually means a university professor or the formal teaching of an academic subject or skill.

Show 6 more

教きょう授じゅUsage100%
Standard kanji spelling for both the academic title and the act of teaching.
キョウジュUsage<1%

From Middle Chinese 教授 (kæ̀w dzjùw, 'to teach; instructor'). The kanji 教 means 'teach' and 授 means 'confer' or 'instruct'.