大学

daigaku

university

私は東京大学に通っています。

I attend the University of Tokyo.

formal

An educational institution offering undergraduate and graduate degrees.

彼女は大学で経済学を専攻しています。

She is majoring in economics at university.

この大学は歴史が古いです。

This university has a long history.

Often abbreviated as 大 (e.g., 東大 for 東京大学).

Collocations

大学に入るto enter university大学を卒業するto graduate from university

university student

graduate school

Many universities are known by their abbreviations, e.g., 東大 (University of Tokyo), 京大 (Kyoto University), 阪大 (Osaka University).

From 大 (large) + 学 (study, learning), first attested in the Nara period (8th century) as a term for higher education institutions.

In Japan, 大学 refers to institutions offering bachelor's degrees or higher, distinguishing them from 高等学校 (high school) or 専門学校 (vocational school).

大

large

root

学

study, learning

root

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