休きゅう講こう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

休講する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

cancellation of a lecture or class

Used for scheduled classes or lectures that are called off, typically by the institution or instructor. Often appears as 休講になる or 休講する.

〈事こと〉が休きゅう講こうになるfor a class/lecture to be cancelled
今日きょうの講こう義ぎは休きゅう講こうになった。
Today's lecture was cancelled.
〈事こと〉を休きゅう講こうにする(instructor/institution) to cancel a class/lecture
教きょう授じゅは体たい調ちょう不ふ良りょうでその日ひの講こう義ぎを休きゅう講こうにした。
The professor cancelled that day's lecture due to illness.
休きゅう講こうの掲けい示じa notice announcing a class cancellation
教きょう室しつのドアに休きゅう講こうの掲けい示じが貼はられていた。
A notice of the class cancellation was posted on the classroom door.

中ちゅう止しN4
休講 is specific to lectures and classes being called off, while 中止 is a general word for cancelling any event or activity.

開かい講こう
休講 means a scheduled lecture is cancelled, while 開講 means a course or lecture series starts or is held as planned.

休きゅう校こうN1
休講 is the cancellation of a single class or lecture, while 休校 (also read きゅうこう) means the whole school is closed for the day.
欠けっ席せきN4
休講 means the class itself is cancelled, whereas 欠席 means a student or participant is absent from a class that is still held.

件けんN2
Used for individual cases/incidents; a class cancellation is counted as one case.

Compound of 休 (rest, suspend) and 講 (lecture). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the meaning is transparent from its components.