修しゅう業ぎょう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

study; learning; training; apprenticeship

Used for sustained study or training to acquire knowledge, technique, or professional skill. It sounds more formal or traditional than 勉強 and often appears with crafts, professions, or serious disciplines.

• 彼かれは若わかいころ、京きょう都との料りょう亭ていで料りょう理りの修しゅう業ぎょうをした。

  In his youth, he trained in cooking at a Kyoto restaurant.

• まだ修しゅう業ぎょう中ちゅうなので、一いち人にん前まえとは言いえません。

  I am still in training, so I cannot call myself fully qualified yet.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb, intransitive verb

course of study; completion of a course

Only with reading しゅうぎょう

Formal educational or administrative use for pursuing or completing a prescribed course. It is common in set phrases such as 修業年限; everyday Japanese often uses 修了 for 'completion' of a course.

• この専せん門もん学がっ校こうの修しゅう業ぎょう年ねん限げんは二に年ねんです。

  The course of study at this vocational school is two years.

• 所しょ定ていの課か程ていを修しゅう業ぎょうした学がく生せいには、証しょう明めい書しょが発はっ行こうされる。

  Students who have completed the prescribed course are issued a certificate.