Kanji 講 Words: Meanings and Readings, Page 2

特講

とっこう

lecture (on a special topic)

特任講師

とくにんこうし

specially-appointed lecturer (associate professor, etc.)

特別講師

とくべつこうし

special lecturer

披講

ひこう

introduction of poems at a poetry party

比良八講

ひらはっこう

Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

非常勤講師

ひじょうきんこうし

part-time lecturer

富士講

ふじこう

Edo-period Shinto sect dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji

閉講

へいこう

closing a course (program, etc.)

補講

ほこう

supplementary classes or lectures

報恩講

ほうおんこう

memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism)

法華八講

ほっけはっこう

Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)