修業|しゅうぎょうshuugyou[0]heiban (flat)

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しゅぎょうshugyou[0]heiban (flat)
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbpursuit of knowledge; studying; learning; training; completing a course
    只今ただいま、僕ぼくは旅立たびだちの日ひに向むけて修業しゅぎょう中ちゅうです。↗
    Right now I'm training in preparation for the day we set off.
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.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 学問がくもん・技芸ぎげいを習ならって身みに付つけること。
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