留りゅう学がく

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

study abroad; studying abroad

The ordinary meaning: going to or staying in a foreign country in order to study. As a verb it is intransitive: 外国に留学する, 大学へ留学する.

• 大だい学がく時じ代だいにカナダへ留りゅう学がくした。

  I studied abroad in Canada when I was in university.

• 留りゅう学がくには思おもったよりお金かねがかかる。

  Studying abroad costs more money than I expected.

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

temporary study at another school; specialized study away from one's usual school

Less common than the overseas sense. It can refer to temporarily studying at another school or institution, often to learn a specific skill; expressions such as 国内留学 make the non-overseas meaning clear.

• 彼かの女じょは国こく内ない留りゅう学がく制せい度どを利り用ようして、半はん年とし間かん別べつの大だい学がくに留りゅう学がくした。

  She used a domestic study-away program and studied for six months at another university.

• デザインを学まなぶため、美び術じゅつ系けいの学がっ校こうへ短たん期き留りゅう学がくした。

  To study design, I did a short-term study program at an art school.