How to say "knowledge" in Japanese

• 知識ちしきJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounThe broad, general word for knowledge: facts and information a person has acquired through study, reading, or experience, as in knowledge of history or science.
  私のドイツ語どいつごの知識ちしきは貧弱ひんじゃくです。↗

  My knowledge of German is poor.
• 承知しょうちJLPT N4approx.Common
  noun, suru verb, transitive verbRarely the right word for knowledge itself; it really means awareness or acknowledgment — being informed of something and accepting it, often when agreeing to a request or instruction.
  人ひとはすべて死しすべきものと承知しょうちしている。↗

  We know that all men are mortal.
• 知見ちけんCommon
  nounKnowledge or insight gained through experience, often in professional or academic work; the word can also extend to the view or opinion formed from that experience.
• 心得こころえJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounKnowledge in the sense of practical understanding or familiarity gained through learning and experience — closer to knowing how something works than to a store of facts.
  彼かれには自分じぶんが悪わるかったことを認みとめるぐらいの心得こころえもなかった。↗

  He didn't have the decency to admit that he was wrong.
• 学力がくりょくJLPT N2approx.Common
  nounReally academic ability or attainment — how much a person has learned in school subjects and how well they can perform — so it fits 'knowledge' only in the sense of scholarship.
  しかし、アメリカではふつう、スポーツチームは腕うでで選えらばれ、学業がくぎょうのコースは学力がくりょくによって選えらばれます。↗

  However, in America, sports teams are generally chosen by skill, and academic courses by ability.

Choose 知識 for knowledge as learned facts and information; 知見 for insight gained through experience; 心得 for practical understanding; 学力 for academic ability; 承知 is really awareness or acknowledgment, not knowledge itself.

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• 知識ちしきknowledge
• 承知しょうちknowledge
• 知見ちけんknowledge
• 心得こころえknowledge
• 学力がくりょくscholarly ability
• 見聞けんぶんinformation
• 素養そようgrounding (in a skill or subject)
• 学がくlearning
• 認識にんしきrecognition
• 学問がくもんstudy
• ナレッジknowledge
• 高承こうしょうknowledge
• 人知じんちhuman intellect
• 学殖がくしょくscholarship
• 知得ちとくcomprehension
• 専門知せんもんちexpertise
• 勉強べんきょうexperience
• わきまえknowledge
• 案内あんないacquaintance
• ご案内ごあんないacquaintance