How to say 'Test' or 'Exam' in Japanese | 試験

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The Japanese word for Test or Exam is 'Shiken', written as 試験 in Japanese.'Test' or 'Exam' in hiragana is しけん.

word

試験

Meaning

Test, Exam

Reading

しけん

shiken

Kanji

試Try, Attempt 験Test

Explanation

The Japanese verbal noun '試験 (しけん)' primarily means 'exam' or 'test'. It refers to a formal assessment of knowledge, skills, or abilities, often conducted in educational or professional settings. This word is commonly used in contexts like school exams, job entrance tests, or experiments. For example: I have an exam tomorrow「明日は試験があります」(あしたはしけんがあります). He passed the entrance test「彼は入学試験に合格した」(かれはにゅうがくしけんにごうかくした). Note that '試験' can also refer to trials or experiments in scientific or technical contexts, such as '試験管 (しけんかん)' (test tube).

Part Of Speech

verbal noun

Kanji JLPT

Kanji Grade

Frequency

914

Composition

kanji

Handwriting

Kanji in the Word 試験

This word contains 2 kanji characters:

kanji

試

Meaning

Try, Attempt

kanji

験

Meaning

Test

Words Related to 試験 Through the Kanji 試

These 7 Words contain the Kanji 試 as well.

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試合

Meaning

Match

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試す

Meaning

Try, Test

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試みる

Meaning

Attempt

word

試み

Meaning

Attempt

word

入試

Meaning

Entrance exam

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試し

Meaning

Test

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筆記試験

Meaning

Written exam

Words Related to 試験 Through the Kanji 験

These 5 Words contain the Kanji 験 as well.

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経験

Meaning

Experience

word

実験

Meaning

Experiment

word

受験

Meaning

Exam, Application

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体験

Meaning

Experience

word

筆記試験

Meaning

Written exam

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'Shiken' means 'Test' or 'Exam' .

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