学がく生しょう

noun

Heian-period student of government administration

Historical term for a student of government affairs during the Heian period. Not used in modern Japanese.

• 平へい安あん時じ代だい、学がく生しょうは式しき部ぶ省しょうで行ぎょう政せいを学まなんだ。

  In the Heian period, gakushō studied administration at the Ministry of Ceremonial.

noun

Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism

Archaic term for a Buddhist scholar or researcher, especially one affiliated with a temple. Modern equivalents include 仏教学者 or 僧侶.

• その寺てらには高こう名みょうな学がく生しょうがいた。

  There was a renowned Buddhist scholar at that temple.

noun

learning; scholarship

Archaic abstract noun for learning or scholarship. Rarely used independently; may appear in classical texts.

• 彼かれは学がく生しょうに秀ひいでていた。

  He excelled in scholarship.