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学生運動 (gakuseiundou) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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In the 1960s, the Japanese student movement reached its peak with the Anpo protests.
He was known as a leader of the student movement.
Kanji 学 study, learning, science Related words 学がく 生せい 学生 means 'student' in general, while 学生運動 specifically refers to organized student activism.
運うん 動どう 運動 can mean 'exercise' or 'movement' (physical or social). 学生運動 narrows it to student-led social/political movements.
Etymology Compound of 学生 (student) and 運動 (movement). The term became widely used in post-war Japan to describe student-led political activism.