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How to say 'Natural science' in Japanese | 自然科学

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The Japanese word for Natural science is 'Shizenkagaku', written as 自然科学 in Japanese.'Natural science' in hiragana is しぜんかがく.

    Meaning

    Natural science

    Reading

    しぜんかがく

    shizenkagaku

    Kanji

    Self Sort of thing, In that case Section, Department Learn

    Explanation

    TheJapanese noun'自然科学(しぜんかがく)'means'naturalscience'.Thistermreferstothebranchofsciencethatdealswiththephysicalworld,includingphysics,chemistry,biology,andearthsciences.Itisusedtodescribethestudyofnaturalphenomenaandthelawsthatgovernthem.Forexample:Heisstudyingnaturalscienceatuniversity「彼は大学で自然科学を勉強しています」(かれはだいがくでしぜんかがくをべんきょうしています).Naturalsciencehelpsusunderstandtheenvironment「自然科学は環境を理解するのに役立ちます」(しぜんかがくはかんきょうをりかいするのにやくだちます).Thiswordisoftenusedinacademicorformalsettings.

    Part Of Speech

    noun

    Kanji JLPT

    N3

    Kanji Grade

    4

    Frequency

    3356

    Composition

    kanji

    Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 自然科学

This word contains 4 kanji characters:

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Self

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Sort of thing, In that case

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Section, Department

  • kanji

    Meaning

    Learn

Words Related to 自然科学 Through the Kanji

These 32 Words contain the Kanji 自 as well.

  • word

    自分

    Meaning

    Self

  • word

    自転車

    Meaning

    Bicycle

  • word

    自身

    Meaning

    Self

  • word

    自己

    Meaning

    Self

  • word

    自動

    Meaning

    Automatic

  • word

    自体

    Meaning

    Itself

  • word

    自動車

    Meaning

    Car

  • word

    自然

    Meaning

    Natural, Nature

  • word

    自習

    Meaning

    Self study

  • word

    自由

    Meaning

    Freedom, Liberty

  • word

    自治

    Meaning

    Autonomy

  • word

    自信

    Meaning

    Confidence

  • word

    自炊

    Meaning

    Cooking

  • word

    自宅

    Meaning

    Home

  • word

    自転

    Meaning

    Rotation

  • word

    独自

    Meaning

    Unique, Independent

  • word

    自覚

    Meaning

    Awareness

  • word

    各自

    Meaning

    Each

  • word

    自然に

    Meaning

    Naturally

  • word

    自立

    Meaning

    Independence

  • word

    自主的

    Meaning

    Voluntary

  • word

    自衛

    Meaning

    Self defense

  • word

    自殺

    Meaning

    Suicide

  • word

    自衛隊

    Meaning

    Self Defense Forces

  • word

    自主

    Meaning

    Independence

  • word

    自慢

    Meaning

    Boast

  • word

    自我

    Meaning

    Ego

  • word

    自ら

    Meaning

    Oneself

  • word

    不自然

    Meaning

    Unnatural

  • word

    不自由

    Meaning

    Discomfort

  • word

    自国

    Meaning

    Home country

  • word

    自社

    Meaning

    Own company

Words Related to 自然科学 Through the Kanji

These 14 Words contain the Kanji 然 as well.

  • word

    然し

    Meaning

    But

  • word

    然も

    Meaning

    Moreover

  • word

    当然

    Meaning

    Natural, Obvious

  • word

    突然

    Meaning

    Suddenly

  • word

    自然

    Meaning

    Natural, Nature

  • word

    全然

    Meaning

    Not at all

  • word

    自然に

    Meaning

    Naturally

  • word

    天然

    Meaning

    Nature

  • word

    必然

    Meaning

    Inevitability

  • word

    偶然

    Meaning

    Coincidence

  • word

    然り

    Meaning

    Correct

  • word

    依然

    Meaning

    Still, Unchanged

  • word

    然程

    Meaning

    Not very

  • word

    不自然

    Meaning

    Unnatural

Words Related to 自然科学 Through the Kanji

These 18 Words contain the Kanji 科 as well.

  • word

    科学

    Meaning

    Science

  • word

    Meaning

    Department

  • word

    教科書

    Meaning

    Textbook

  • word

    理科

    Meaning

    Science

  • word

    教科

    Meaning

    Subject

  • word

    科学者

    Meaning

    Scientist

  • word

    学科

    Meaning

    Department, Subject

  • word

    歯科

    Meaning

    Dentistry

  • word

    人文科学

    Meaning

    Humanities

  • word

    社会科学

    Meaning

    Social science

  • word

    産婦人科

    Meaning

    Obstetrics

  • word

    耳鼻科

    Meaning

    Otolaryngology

  • word

    小児科

    Meaning

    Pediatrics

  • word

    眼科

    Meaning

    Ophthalmology

  • word

    外科

    Meaning

    Surgery

  • word

    内科

    Meaning

    Internal medicine

  • word

    科目

    Meaning

    Subject

  • word

    百科事典

    Meaning

    Encyclopedia

Words Related to 自然科学 Through the Kanji

These 55 Words contain the Kanji 学 as well.

  • word

    学校

    Meaning

    School

  • word

    大学生

    Meaning

    Student

  • word

    大学

    Meaning

    University

  • word

    Meaning

    Study

  • word

    留学生

    Meaning

    Foreign student

  • word

    科学

    Meaning

    Science

  • word

    学生

    Meaning

    Student

  • word

    入学

    Meaning

    Admission

  • word

    中学生

    Meaning

    Middle school student

  • word

    小学生

    Meaning

    Elementary student

  • word

    見学

    Meaning

    Inspection, Observation

  • word

    通学

    Meaning

    Commute

  • word

    小学校

    Meaning

    Elementary

  • word

    中学校

    Meaning

    Junior high

  • word

    学ぶ

    Meaning

    Learn

  • word

    文学

    Meaning

    Literature

  • word

    高等学校

    Meaning

    Highschool

  • word

    大学院

    Meaning

    Graduate school

  • word

    進学

    Meaning

    Advancement

  • word

    中学

    Meaning

    Middle school

  • word

    留学

    Meaning

    Study abroad

  • word

    医学

    Meaning

    Medicine

  • word

    哲学

    Meaning

    Philosophy

  • word

    化学

    Meaning

    Chemistry

  • word

    工学

    Meaning

    Engineering

  • word

    学長

    Meaning

    President

  • word

    語学

    Meaning

    Languages

  • word

    工学部

    Meaning

    Engineering

  • word

    学費

    Meaning

    Tuition

  • word

    学部

    Meaning

    Faculty

  • word

    休学

    Meaning

    Leave

  • word

    学習

    Meaning

    Learning

  • word

    学問

    Meaning

    Learning, Scholarship

  • word

    小学

    Meaning

    Elementary

  • word

    学割

    Meaning

    Student discount

  • word

    新学期

    Meaning

    New term

  • word

    在学

    Meaning

    Enrollment

  • word

    数学

    Meaning

    Mathematics

  • word

    科学者

    Meaning

    Scientist

  • word

    学科

    Meaning

    Department, Subject

  • word

    人文科学

    Meaning

    Humanities

  • word

    社会科学

    Meaning

    Social science

  • word

    学説

    Meaning

    Theory

  • word

    学園

    Meaning

    Academy

  • word

    学者

    Meaning

    Scholar

  • word

    学歴

    Meaning

    Academic background

  • word

    学会

    Meaning

    Academic society

  • word

    奨学金

    Meaning

    Scholarship

  • word

    学年

    Meaning

    Grade

  • word

    法学部

    Meaning

    Law, Faculty

  • word

    学級

    Meaning

    Class

  • word

    短期大学

    Meaning

    Junior college

  • word

    学力

    Meaning

    Academic

  • word

    文学者

    Meaning

    Literary scholar

  • word

    退学

    Meaning

    Expulsion, Withdrawal

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