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日本学士院 (nihongakushiin) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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Meanings

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Japan Academy

A prestigious academic organization in Japan, similar to a national academy of sciences and humanities.

日本にほん学がく士し院いんは、学がく術じゅつ上じょうの功こう績せきが特とくに顕けん著ちょな科

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The Japan Academy is an institution whose members are scientists with particularly distinguished academic achievements.

Kanji

日day, sun, Japan
本book, present, main
学study, learning, science
士gentleman, scholar, samurai
院Inst., institution, temple

Related words

日本にほん学がく術じゅつ会かい議ぎ
日本学術会議 is a broader representative body of Japanese scientists, while 日本学士院 is a more exclusive honorary academy.

Etymology

The name is composed of 日本 (Japan), 学士 (scholar, learned person), and 院 (institution). It was established in 1879 as the Tokyo Academy and later reorganized as the Japan Academy.