物ぶつ理り学がく

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Meanings

The natural science that studies matter, energy, and their interactions. Used in academic, educational, and general contexts.

物ぶつ理り学がくを専せん攻こうするto major in physics
彼かれは大だい学がくで物ぶつ理り学がくを専せん攻こうしている。
He is majoring in physics at university.
物ぶつ理り学がくの法ほう則そくlaw of physics
重じゅう力りょくは物ぶつ理り学がくの法ほう則そくの一ひとつだ。
Gravity is one of the laws of physics.
物ぶつ理り学がくを学まなぶto study physics
子こ供どものころから物ぶつ理り学がくを学まなぶのが好すきだった。
I've loved studying physics since I was a child.
〈人ひと〉が物ぶつ理り学がく者しゃになるfor someone to become a physicist
彼かの女じょは将しょう来らい、物ぶつ理り学がく者しゃになりたいと考かんがえている。
She wants to become a physicist in the future.

物ぶつ理りN3
物理 is a shorter, more casual term often used in compounds or everyday speech, while 物理学 refers to the formal academic discipline of physics.
力りき学がく
物理学 is the general field of physics, while 力学 is the specific branch dealing with forces and motion.
理り学がく
物理学 is the modern standard word for 'physics', whereas 理学 was used for this meaning in older Japanese but is now obsolete in that sense.

心しん理り学がくN3
物理学 and 心理学 look and sound similar (both end in 〜学) but 物理学 is the study of matter and energy while 心理学 is the study of the mind and behavior.

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Compound of 物理 (ぶつり, 'laws of nature, physics') + 学 (がく, 'study, -ology'). 物理 is itself from Chinese 物理 (wùlǐ).