How to say "scholarship" in Japanese
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- 学がくnounLearning or erudition as an abstract quality; it names deep, cultivated knowledge itself, so it suits contexts praising a person's learning.
- 学問がくもんnoun, suru verb, intransitive verbScholarship as study or learning pursued — the general word for academic learning and education; the word to reach for when 'scholarship' simply means study or learning.
- 学術がくじゅつnounScholarship viewed as the academic and scientific domain — the arts and sciences as a whole; its flavor is 'academic' or 'scientific', fitting talk of academic work and fields of science.
- 学力がくりょくnounScholarship as a person's scholarly ability — the level of one's academic knowledge and attainment; it points to how capable or learned someone is, rather than naming learning itself.
- 学識がくしきnounScholarship as scientific attainments — the store of knowledge and attainments that mark a learned person; it fits praise of someone's erudition.
For scholarship as learning or study use 学問, as the academic or scientific domain 学術, as a person's erudition 学 or 学識, and as scholarly ability 学力; none of these covers the financial-grant sense.
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