学がく院いん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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noun

institute; academy

Often used in the names of private schools, colleges, and educational institutions, especially those offering specialized or advanced training.

彼かれは東とう京きょうデザイン学がく院いんに通かよって

いる

。

He attends Tokyo Design Academy.

この学がく院いんでは英えい語ごと中ちゅう国ごく語ごが学まなべます。

You can study English and Chinese at this institute.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が〈場ば所しょ〉学がく院いんに通かようfor someone to attend an academy/institute
彼かの女じょは看かん護ご学がく院いんに通かよっている。
She attends a nursing academy.
学がく院いんを卒そつ業ぎょうするto graduate from an academy/institute
彼かれは神しん学がく院いんを卒そつ業ぎょうして牧ぼく師しになった。
He graduated from the theological academy and became a pastor.

Kanji

学study, learning, science
院Inst., institution, temple
學learning, knowledge, school

Related words

学がっ校こうN5
学校 is the general, everyday word for a school, while 学院 is a more formal term often reserved for private or specialized institutions' proper names.
大だい学がくN5
大学 refers to a degree-granting university, whereas 学院 usually denotes a smaller or specialized academy, sometimes a division within a larger institution.
アカデミー
学院 is a common suffix for schools and institutes (e.g. 神学院), whereas アカデミー is a loanword used more for elite or specialized academies.

Don't confuse with

学がく園えんN1
学院 and 学園 both appear in school names and sound similar, but 学園 typically implies a campus or educational corporation encompassing multiple schools, while 学院 usually names a single specialized academy.

Word family· 8

大だい学がく院いんN4
graduate school
女じょ学がく院いん
girls' college; girls' academy
神しん学がく院いん
theological college; seminary
科か学がく院いん

Written forms

学がく院いんUsage100%
Standard modern kanji spelling.
學がく院いん
out-dated kanji form
Out-dated kanji form; not used in modern Japanese.

Etymology

Compound of 学 (がく, 'learning') and 院 (いん, 'institution'). The term was coined in Japan during the Meiji era to translate Western concepts of academies and institutes.

science institute; academy of sciences

専せん門もん学がく院いん

vocational college

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看かん護ご学がく院いん
nursing institute; nursing academy
看かん護ご婦ふ学がく院いん
nurses' training school
英えい国こく王おう立りつ芸げい術じゅつ学がく院いん
Royal Academy of Arts (UK); The Academy