Word Meaning 御用学者

ごようがくしゃ goyougakusha

御用学者 is read as ごようがくしゃ (goyougakusha) and means scholar beholden to the government.

Meaning

English

scholar beholden to the government
self-serving academic
scholar who toadies up to government authorities

Reading

Kana

ごようがくしゃ

Romaji

goyougakusha

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 33 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Rank 131678 Priority U

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

御者

ぎょしゃ

coachman

御都合主義者

ごつごうしゅぎしゃ

opportunist

御用達

ごようたし

company (or restaurant, place, etc.) that caters to or is popular with a specific clientele

御用

ごよう

(customer's) order

御用組合

ごようくみあい

a company union

御用人

ごようにん

manager

御用新聞

ごようしんぶん

pro-government newspaper

御用商人

ごようしょうにん

purveyor (to the government or Imperial Household)

御用の方

ごようのかた

customer

御用部屋

ごようべや

room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

御用始め

ごようはじめ

re-opening of offices in New Year (usu. January 4)

御用聞き

ごようきき

the rounds of tradesmen going door to door