修業|しゅうぎょうshuugyou[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbpursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 修業する(しゅうぎょうする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 修業します(しゅうぎょうします) |
| Negative (nai) | 修業しない(しゅうぎょうしない) |
| polite (masen) | 修業しません(しゅうぎょうしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 修業せず・修業せぬ(しゅうぎょうせず・しゅうぎょうせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 修業した(しゅうぎょうした) |
| polite (mashita) | 修業しました(しゅうぎょうしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 修業しなかった(しゅうぎょうしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 修業しませんでした(しゅうぎょうしませんでした) |
| Te form | 修業して(しゅうぎょうして) |
| Potential | 修業できる(しゅうぎょうできる) |
| Passive | 修業される(しゅうぎょうされる) |
| Causative | 修業させる(しゅうぎょうさせる) |
| Causative passive | 修業させられる(しゅうぎょうさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 修業すれば(しゅうぎょうすれば) |
| tara | 修業したら(しゅうぎょうしたら) |
| Volitional | 修業しよう(しゅうぎょうしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 修業しましょう(しゅうぎょうしましょう) |
| Imperative | 修業しろ(しゅうぎょうしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym勉学べんがくWrittenWritten word for diligent study, centred on scholarship; 「修業」 also covers learning an art or craft.
- Synonym修行しゅぎょうNeutralRead 「しゅぎょう」; refers to Buddhist practice or harsh training in an art, stressing austerity more than 「修業」.
- Synonym修めるおさめるWrittenWritten verb: to study or complete a course, as in 「学業を修める」.
- Synonym学修がくしゅうWrittenCompleting a prescribed course of study; a rare, formal term.
- Related学習がくしゅうNeutralBroad word for learning, often systematic; unlike 「修業」 it does not stress honing a craft.
- Related勉強べんきょうNeutralThe most common everyday word for studying; 「修業」 stresses apprenticing under a master or long-term training.
- Related学問がくもんNeutralScholarship or academic learning, also the pursuit of it; stresses a systematised body of knowledge.
- Related切磋琢磨せっさたくまNeutralIdiom for people spurring each other on and improving together; stresses mutual encouragement.
- Related修学しゅうがくNeutralPursuing study; now mostly in 「修学旅行」 and rarely used alone.
- Related研修けんしゅうNeutralIn-service training, as in 「新人研修」; centres on skills needed for the job.
- Antonym卒業そつぎょうNeutralGraduation or completing a course — the counterpart to being in 「修業」; also used figuratively for moving past something.
Use 「修業」 for acquiring a skill or art, typically as an apprentice or through long training, as in 「料理の修業」. For everyday study say 「勉強」; for Buddhist practice or harsh discipline 「修行」; for workplace training 「研修」. 「勉学」「学修」「修める」 are formal written terms; 「学習」 is general learning, 「学問」 scholarship, 「切磋琢磨」 mutual improvement, 「修学」 mostly in 「修学旅行」, and 「卒業」 is the opposite.
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