学|がくgaku[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounlearning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education
   学がくのある人ひとはとかく無知むちな人ひとを軽蔑けいべつする。↗

   The learned are apt to despise the ignorant.
2. noun (suffix)study of ...; -ology; -ics

• Synonym学問がくもんNeutralCovers systematic scholarship and the pursuit of it in full; 「学」 alone is more written and mostly a suffix, as in 「経済学」.
• Synonym学びまなびNeutralA native Japanese word for learning and what one learns, with a soft, warm feel, as in 「学びの場」.
• Synonym勉学べんがくWrittenWritten word for diligent study, as in 「勉学に励む」.
• Synonym勉強べんきょうNeutralThe everyday word for studying and hitting the books; 「学」 is scholarship itself or a discipline suffix.
• Related教育きょういくNeutralTeaching and nurturing — the act of the one who instructs; 「学」 is about the scholarship gained by the learner.
• Related知識ちしきNeutralWhat a person knows, not necessarily organized into a system; 「学」 is systematic scholarship.
• Related教養きょうようNeutralBroad cultural cultivation that shapes a person; 「学」 is about scholarship itself.
• Related学識がくしきWrittenWritten: scholarship combined with insight, often used in evaluating people, as in 「学識経験者」.
• Related学業がくぎょうNeutralA student's schoolwork and studies, as in 「学業成績」; 「学」 is scholarship itself or a suffix.
• Related稽古けいこNeutralPractice of martial and traditional arts such as tea ceremony and kendo — training, not scholarship.
• Related修学しゅうがくWrittenPursuing study; mostly seen in 「修学旅行」. On its own it is more written than 「学」.
• Related学殖がくしょくWrittenWritten and rare: deep, accumulated scholarship. In ordinary use 「学識」 is the standard choice.
• Related学修がくしゅうWrittenWritten and rare: completing a set course of study. Say 「学習」 instead in ordinary use.

「学」 is scholarship itself or a field suffix, as in 「経済学」. 「学問」 is the neutral word for systematic scholarship, 「勉強」 the everyday word for study, 「学業」 a student's schoolwork, 「稽古」 practice of arts, 「学び」 a warm native word. In writing: 「勉学」 diligent study, 「学識」 scholarship with insight, 「修学」 mostly in 「修学旅行」; 「学殖」「学修」 are rare. 「教育」 is teaching, 「知識」 knowledge, 「教養」 refinement.

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

1. （ガク）学まなんで得えた知識ちしき。
2. （ガク）学まなぶこと。学問がくもんに身みを投とうじること。
3. （ガク）学問がくもん。
4. （ガク）特定とくていの分野ぶんやに関かんする学問がくもん。