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習い事 (ならいごと, naraigoto) Japanese meaning: lessons | Kotomora
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My daughter goes to piano lessons twice a week.
When I was a child, I took calligraphy as an extracurricular lesson.
Usage patterns 〈 習なら い 事ごと 〉 に 通かよ う to attend lessons regularly
My daughter goes to piano lessons twice a week.
〈 習なら い 事ごと 〉 を 始はじ める to start (taking up) a hobby lesson
I plan to start a new hobby lesson this year.
〈 習なら い 事ごと 〉 をやめる to quit a lesson/hobby class
I got busy and quit my calligraphy lessons.
〈 人ひと 〉 に 〈 習なら い 事ごと 〉 をさせる to have someone (e.g. one's child) take lessons
It's a lot of work having your kids take lessons.
Related words 稽古 often implies formalized practice of a traditional art under a teacher, while 習い事 is the broader, everyday term for taking any kind of skill lessons.
レッスン refers to a single lesson or class session, while 習い事 refers to the ongoing pursuit of taking lessons in a skill as a whole.
Written forms 習なら い 事ごと Usage 88%
Standard kanji spelling; common in news and everyday use.
習なら いごと Usage 12%
Mixed kanji-kana spelling; sometimes used for readability or in informal writing.
Etymology Compound of 習い (continuative form of 習う 'to learn') + 事 'thing, matter'. Literally 'thing one learns', referring to a skill or art pursued through lessons.
