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人文地理学 (じんぶんちりがく) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

人じん文ぶん地ち理り学がく

also: じんもんちりがく

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Meanings

1

noun

human geography

Academic field studying the relationship between humans and their environment, including population, culture, economy, and urban systems.

大だい学がくで人じん文ぶん地ち理り学がくを専せん攻こうしています。
I'm majoring in human geography at university.
人じん文ぶん地ち理り学がくの視し点てんから都

と

市し

化か

を

分ぶん

析せき

する

。

Analyze urbanization from the perspective of human geography.

Written forms

人文地理学
- じんぶんちりがく
  Standard kanji spelling; the reading じんぶんちりがく is the most common.
- じんもんちりがく
  Alternate reading; じんもん is a less common reading of 人文, but still encountered in some academic contexts.
じんもんちりがく

Kanji

人person
文sentence, literature, style
地ground, earth
理logic, arrangement, reason
学study, learning, science

Similar words

自し然ぜん地ち理り学がく
Physical geography; focuses on natural features and processes, while 人文地理学 focuses on human aspects.
地ち理り学がく
Geography in general; 人文地理学 is a subfield.

Etymology

Compound of 人文 (humanities, human culture) + 地理学 (geography). The term is a direct translation of the English 'human geography'.