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How to say 'Lesson' in Japanese | 授業

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The Japanese word for Lesson is 'Jugyou', written as 授業 in Japanese.'Lesson' in hiragana is じゅぎょう.

    word

    授業

    Meaning

    Lesson

    Reading

    じゅぎょう

    jugyou

    Kanji

    Instruct, Confer Business

    Explanation

    The Japanese verbal noun '授業 (じゅぎょう)' refers to a 'lesson' or 'class' in an educational context. It is commonly used to describe the act of teaching or the session during which teaching occurs, typically in schools or educational institutions. For example: I have a math lesson today「今日は数学の授業があります」(きょうはすうがくのじゅぎょうがあります). The teacher is preparing for the lesson「先生は授業の準備をしています」(せんせいはじゅぎょうのじゅんびをしています). This word is often used in formal or academic settings and can refer to both the content being taught and the time period during which teaching takes place.

    Part Of Speech

    verbal noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N1

    Kanji Grade

    5

    Frequency

    376

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 授業

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Instruct, Confer

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Business

Words Related to 授業 Through the Kanji

This Word contains the Kanji 授 as well.

  • word

    教授

    Meaning

    Professor

Words Related to 授業 Through the Kanji

These 23 Words contain the Kanji 業 as well.

  • word

    企業

    Meaning

    Company

  • word

    事業

    Meaning

    Business

  • word

    Meaning

    Industry

  • word

    産業

    Meaning

    Industry

  • word

    作業

    Meaning

    Work

  • word

    業務

    Meaning

    Work

  • word

    卒業

    Meaning

    Graduation

  • word

    職業

    Meaning

    Occupation

  • word

    工業

    Meaning

    Industry

  • word

    農業

    Meaning

    Agriculture

  • word

    従業

    Meaning

    Employment

  • word

    営業

    Meaning

    Business

  • word

    休業

    Meaning

    Closure, Suspension

  • word

    残業

    Meaning

    Overtime

  • word

    失業

    Meaning

    Unemployment

  • word

    従業員

    Meaning

    Employee

  • word

    業績

    Meaning

    Achievement, Performance

  • word

    漁業

    Meaning

    Fishing

  • word

    業界

    Meaning

    Industry

  • word

    業者

    Meaning

    Trader, Contractor

  • word

    商業

    Meaning

    Commerce

  • word

    開業

    Meaning

    Business, Opening

  • word

    創業

    Meaning

    Founding

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What does 'Jugyou' (授業) mean?

'Jugyou' means 'Lesson' .

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