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科学する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	科か学がくする	科か学がくしない
Polite	科か学がくします	科か学がくしません
Past polite	科か学がくしました	科か学がくしませんでした
Past	科か学がくした	科か学がくしなかった
Te-form	科か学がくして	科か学がくしないで
Desire	科か学がくしたい	科か学がくしたくない
Potential	科か学がくできる	科か学がくできない
Passive	科か学がくされる	科か学がくされない
Causative	科か学がくさせる	科か学がくさせない
Causative passive	科か学がくさせられる	科か学がくさせられない
Volitional	科か学がくしよう
Polite volitional	科か学がくしましょう
Imperative	科か学がくしろ	科か学がくするな
Conditional	科か学がくすれば	科か学がくしなければ
Tara conditional	科か学がくしたら	科か学がくしなかったら

Meanings

noun

science

Refers to the systematic study of the natural world through observation and experiment.

科か学がくの進しん歩ぽは私わたしたちの生せい活かつを大おおきく変かえた。
Advances in science have greatly changed our lives.
彼かれは科か学がくに興きょう味みがある。
He is interested in science.

noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

think scientifically; approach scientifically

Used with する to mean considering or analyzing something in a scientific manner. Less common than the noun sense.

問もん題だいを科か学がくする態たい度どが大たい切せつだ。
An attitude of thinking about problems scientifically is important.

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Usage patterns

科か学がくが発はっ展てんするfor science to advance/develop
この分ぶん野やでは科か学がくが急きゅう速そくに発はっ展てんしている。
Science is developing rapidly in this field.
〈事こと〉を科か学がくするto approach something scientifically; to study something using scientific methods
この本ほんは幸しあわせを科か学がくするというテーマで書かかれている。
This book is written on the theme of studying happiness scientifically.
科か学がくを研けん究きゅうするto do research into science
彼かれは大だい学がくで科か学がくを研けん究きゅうしている。
He does scientific research at university.
科か学がくを応おう用ようするto apply science (to something)
農のう業ぎょうに科か学がくを応おう用ようして収しゅう穫かく量りょうを増ふやした。
They increased crop yields by applying science to agriculture.

Kanji

科department, course, section
学study, learning, science
學learning, knowledge, school

Related words· 9

学がく問もんN3sense 1
学問 is the broader term for scholarship or academic study of any kind, while 科学 specifically denotes the systematic, experiment-based study of the natural world.
技ぎ術じゅつN4sense 1
技術 refers to the practical technology or technique derived from knowledge, whereas 科学 is the theoretical pursuit of that knowledge itself.
理り科かN3
科学 is the general word for 'science' as an academic discipline, whereas 理科 specifically refers to the school subject or academic track/faculty.
工こう学がくN1
科学 is science in general, while 工学 specifically refers to the applied field of engineering.

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科か学がく技ぎ術じゅつ
科学 refers to science as a field of knowledge, while 科学技術 broadens this to include its practical technological applications.
理り学がく
科学 is the everyday modern word for 'science' in general, while 理学 is a more formal, academic term used especially for natural sciences within university faculties.
サイエンス
科学 is the native Japanese word for 'science' and is standard in everyday and formal contexts, while サイエンス is a loanword often used in compounds or for a modern, international feel.
自し然ぜん科か学がくN2
科学 is the general word for 'science' covering all academic science, while 自然科学 narrows this to the natural sciences like physics and biology.
学がく術じゅつN2
科学 refers specifically to the natural sciences, whereas 学術 covers all academic disciplines, including the humanities and social sciences.

Don't confuse with

化か学がくN3sense 1
科学 (science, the general study of nature) and 化学 (chemistry, a specific branch of science) are pronounced identically and often distinguished only by context.
科か学がく者しゃN2
科学 means 'science' itself, while 科学者 means the person who practices or studies science.

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Written forms

科か学がくUsage100%
Standard modern kanji spelling.
科か學がくUsage<1%
search-only kanji form
Kyūjitai form; not used in modern Japanese.

Etymology

Coined in Japan during the Meiji period as a translation of the Western concept of 'science', combining 科 (category, department) and 学 (study, learning).