語ご学がく

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

study of foreign languages; language learning

Refers to the practical study and acquisition of foreign languages, often in an educational context.

Academic study of language structure; synonymous with 言語学. Less common than sense 1.

〈言げん語ご〉の語ご学がくを学まなぶto study a foreign language
大だい学がくでフランス語ごの語ご学がくを学まなんでいる。
I'm studying French at university.
語ご学がくが得とく意いだto be good at languages
彼かれは語ご学がくが得とく意いで、five か国こく語ごを話はなせる。
He's good with languages and can speak five of them.
語ご学がくの才さい能のうがあるto have a talent for languages
妹いもうとは語ご学がくの才さい能のうがあって、すぐに新あたらしい言こと葉ばを覚おぼえる。
My sister has a talent for languages and picks up new ones quickly.
語ご学がく教きょう室しつに通かようto attend a language school
毎まい週しゅう土ど曜よう日びに語ご学がく教きょう室しつに通かよっている。
I go to language classes every Saturday.
語ご学がく試し験けんを受うけるto take a language exam
来らい月げつ、語ご学がく試し験けんを受うける予よ定ていだ。
I'm planning to take a language exam next month.

言げん語ご学がくN3sense 2
言語学 is the standard academic term for linguistics, while 語学 in its second sense is a less common way to refer to the same discipline.

言げん語ご学がくN3
語学 refers to practical foreign-language study or learning, whereas 言語学 is the scientific/academic study of language structure.

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Compound of 語 (go, 'language') and 学 (gaku, 'study'). The kanji combination naturally yields both 'language study' and 'linguistics'.