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How to say "Graduate school" in Japanese

If you are wondering what's the Japanese word for "Graduate school" you've come to the right place!

the Japanese word for "Graduate school" is "Daigakuin", written in japanese as "大学院".

Here's a more detailed explanation:

The Japanese noun '大学院 (だいがくいん)' refers to a graduate school, which is an advanced educational institution that a person attends after completing their undergraduate degree. Graduate schools offer master's and doctoral programs in various academic and professional fields. For example: He is studying for his master's degree at the graduate school - (彼は大学院で修士号を取得しています). She is applying to the graduate school of business - (彼女は大学院ビジネススクールに出願しています).

The Kanji are characters that represent meanings. As you can see, this word is made up of 3 Kanji:

The kanji "大" means "Big" and can be read as "Oo", "Dai" and "Tai". The kanji "学" means "Learn" and can be read as "Gaku" and "Mana". And The kanji "院" means "Institution" and can be read as "In".

Now, let's make sure you understand this word the other way around too.

What does "Daigakuin" mean in japanese?

"Daigakuin" means "Graduate school" .

To learn more about the kanji in this word, checkout this pages:

What is the Kanji for big?What is the Kanji for learn?What is the Kanji for institution?

If you also want to learn how to write this word in Japanese, you can checkout this page:

How to write "Graduate school" in Japanese

To make really sure you learn this word, I've prepared an interactive lesson for you. You are going to learn the readings and meanings of this word and of the characters that comprise it.

But first, you need to know a little bit about Hiragana and Katakana.

Hiragana and katakana are japanese syllabaries, this means that each character represents a syllable.

This are the characters you need to know for this lesson:

The hiragana "お" is read as "o". The hiragana "だ" is read as "da". The hiragana "い" is read as "i". The hiragana "た" is read as "ta". The hiragana "が" is read as "ga". The hiragana "く" is read as "ku". The hiragana "ま" is read as "ma". The hiragana "な" is read as "na". And The hiragana "ん" is read as "n".

About kanji, you need to know that most Kanji have two types of readings: Kunyomi, based on native japanese pronunciation. And onyomi, based on chinese pronunciation.