Word Meaning 国学

こくがく kokugaku

国学 is read as こくがく (kokugaku) and means provincial school (established under the ritsuryō system for educating children of district governors).

Meaning

English

  1. provincial school (established under the ritsuryō system for educating children of district governors)
  2. school (of a provincial capital during the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties)
  3. study of classical Japanese literature and culture

Reading

Kana

こくがく

Romaji

kokugaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Antonyms 漢学,洋学 Rank 14334 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

国語学

こくごがく

Japanese philology

国文学

こくぶんがく

Japanese literature

国立中興大学

こくりつちゅうこうだいがく

National Chung Hsing University

国立成功大学

こくりつせいこうだいがく

National Cheng Kung University

国際応用心理学会

こくさいおうようしんりがっかい

International Association of Applied Psychology

長崎外国語大学

ながさきがいこくごだいがく

Nagasaki University of Foreign Studies

長崎国際大学

ながさきこくさいだいがく

Nagasaki International University

長崎県立国際経済大学

ながさきけんりつこくさいけいざいだいがく

Nagasaki Prefectural University of International Economics

国人

くにうど

daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

国土

こくど

country

くに

home (i.e. hometown, home country)

国外

こくがい

outside the country

Example Sentences

1

This book was selected by the National School Library Association.