Word Meaning 独学

どくがく dokugaku

独学 is read as どくがく (dokugaku) and means self-education.

Meaning

English

  1. self-education
  2. self-instruction
  3. self-study

Reading

Kana

どくがく

Romaji

dokugaku

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 5843 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

独学者

どくがくしゃ

autodidact

学の独立

がくのどくりつ

freedom of learning

独特

どくとく

understood only by oneself

独り言

ひとりごと

soliloquy

独り歩き

ひとりあるき

taking on a life of its own (of a rumour, etc.)

独自

どくじ

independent

独立

どくりつ

independence (e.g. of a nation)

独裁

どくさい

running (a company, etc.) despotically

独身

どくしん

single

独占

どくせん

hogging

独断

どくだん

dogmatism

独り占め

ひとりじめ

hogging

Example Sentences

10

かれはどくがくでりょうりをまなんだ。

He learned cooking on his own.

わたしはどくがくでにほんごをべんきょうした。

I studied Japanese on my own.

I'm teaching myself Japanese.

I'm teaching myself Korean.

He taught himself French.

I wonder if it's possible to teach myself perfect pitch.

Tom mastered French studying by himself.

Is it possible to pass the tax accountant exam by self study?

Is it true you learned French all by yourself?

I think that it is impossible to master a foreign language by self-learning.