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教授 (きょうじゅ, kyouju) Japanese meaning: professor | Kotomora
Common word› JLPT N3 › Freq. Frequency Top 2,000 Conjugation 教授する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 教きょう 授じゅ する 教きょう 授じゅ しない Polite 教きょう 授じゅ します 教きょう 授じゅ しません Past polite 教きょう 授じゅ しました 教きょう 授じゅ しませんでした Past 教きょう 授じゅ した 教きょう 授じゅ しなかった Te-form 教きょう 授じゅ して 教きょう 授じゅ しないで Desire 教きょう 授じゅ したい 教きょう 授じゅ したくない Potential 教きょう 授じゅ できる 教きょう 授じゅ できない Passive 教きょう 授じゅ される 教きょう 授じゅ されない Causative 教きょう 授じゅ させる 教きょう 授じゅ させない Causative passive 教きょう 授じゅ させられる 教きょう 授じゅ させられない Volitional 教きょう 授じゅ しよう Polite volitional 教きょう 授じゅ しましょう Imperative 教きょう 授じゅ しろ 教きょう 授じゅ するな Conditional 教きょう 授じゅ すれば 教きょう 授じゅ しなければ Tara conditional 教きょう 授じゅ したら 教きょう 授じゅ しなかったら
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He is a professor at the University of Tokyo.
I asked Professor Yamada to supervise my research.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 教きょう 授じゅ Professor [Name] (used as an academic title after a surname)
Professor Tanaka is an authority in economics.
〈 事こと 〉 を 教きょう 授じゅ する to teach/instruct someone in (a skill, subject)
She instructs her students in piano.
教きょう 授じゅ になる to become a professor
He became a professor at the age of 35.
Related words 教える is the everyday verb for teaching anything, while 教授 is a formal noun (often with する) used for academic or expert instruction.
教授 is general or academic instruction, while 伝授 specifically means passing down secret or specialized skills from master to disciple.
教授 denotes the senior, tenured rank of professor, whereas 講師 is a lower or non-tenured teaching position, often part-time.
教授 is more formal and academic, often used for teaching in schools or universities, whereas 指南 is more practical and skill-oriented, common in martial arts or crafts.
Don't confuse with· 5 教授 is the top academic rank at a Japanese university, while 准教授 is the associate-professor rank just below it, so the two titles are easily mixed up.
講師 (lecturer/instructor) is a lower academic rank than 教授 (professor), and learners often confuse the two job titles.
Written forms 教きょう 授じゅ Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling for both the academic title and the act of teaching.
キョウジュ Usage <1%
Etymology From Middle Chinese 教授 (kæ̀w dzjùw, 'to teach; instructor'). The kanji 教 means 'teach' and 授 means 'confer' or 'instruct'.
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教授 is the full professor rank, one level above 助教授, so learners should not treat them as interchangeable titles.
Show 2 more 教授 specifically means a university professor, while 教師 is a broader term covering teachers at any level.
教示 means giving formal instructions or information, while 教授 usually means a university professor or the formal teaching of an academic subject or skill.
ほう
teaching methodology; pedagogy
faculty; professorate; group of professors
Show 6 more full professor
head of a university department; chairperson
two-session system
exchange professor; visiting professor
private instruction; private tutoring; one-on-one teaching
professor emeritus; emeritus professor
