博はく学がく

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

noun, na-adjective, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

erudition; extensive learning

Describes a person who has deep, wide-ranging knowledge, often from study. Can be used as a noun or adjectivally (博学な人, 博学の人).

〈人ひと〉の博はく学がくぶりに驚おどろくto be amazed by someone's erudition
彼かれの博はく学がくぶりにみんな驚おどろいた。
Everyone was amazed by how erudite he was.
博はく学がくな〈人ひと〉an erudite person
彼かれは歴れき史しにも文ぶん学がくにも詳くわしい、博はく学がくな人ひとだ。
He is an erudite person, knowledgeable in both history and literature.
〈事こと〉に博はく学がくだto be well-versed in a subject
彼かの女じょは美び術じゅつに博はく学がくだ。
She is very knowledgeable about art.

博はく識しき
博学 emphasizes deep scholarly learning acquired through study, while 博識 highlights broad factual knowledge across many topics.
物もの知しりN1
博学 is a formal, academic term for erudition, whereas 物知り is a casual way to describe someone who just knows a lot of things.
学がく識しき
博学 describes a person's broad erudition, while 学識 refers more specifically to scholarly expertise or academic judgment in a field.
博はく物ぶつ
博学 is the modern word for having wide learning or broad knowledge, while 博物 in this sense is an old-fashioned, rarely used term for the same idea.

無む知ちN1
博学 means having wide, deep knowledge, while 無知 means having no knowledge or being ignorant.

博打ばくち
博学 shares the kanji 博 with 博打 but means erudition, whereas 博打 means gambling and has nothing to do with knowledge.

From Middle Chinese 博學 (pak hæwk). The kanji 博 means 'wide, extensive' and 学 means 'learning, study'.