学生|がくせいgakusei[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounstudent (esp. a university student)
   学生がくせいの半数はんすうが休やすんでいた。↗

   Half the students were absent.

• Synonym大学生だいがくせいNeutralExplicitly means a person enrolled at a university; since 「学生」 itself usually implies university level, use 「大学生」 only when stressing the type of school.
• Synonym生徒せいとNeutralRefers to junior high and high school students, also pupils at cram schools and hobby classes; university students are 「学生」, junior high students 「生徒」.
• Synonym学徒がくとWrittenWritten/formal: a person engaged in study, or a collective term for students; seen mostly in historical phrases like 「学徒出陣」, not used in everyday speech.
• Related教え子おしえごNeutralUsed from the teacher's side for a person one has taught, often a former student, as in 「昔の教え子」.
• Related学習者がくしゅうしゃNeutralRefers to anyone learning something, regardless of school status, as in 「日本語学習者」; 「学生」 is limited to people enrolled at a school, especially a university.
• Antonym教官きょうかんNeutralThe opposite of 「学生」: instructors and coaches at national schools, military academies, driving schools, etc.; carries an institutional flavor.
• Antonym教師きょうしNeutralThe opposite of 「学生」: a person whose profession is teaching; more objective and formal than 「先生」.

Use 「学生」 for students in higher education, 「生徒」 for junior and senior high students. 「学習者」 is anyone learning something, 「教え子」 a teacher's (often former) student, 「大学生」 stresses the school type, 「学徒」 is written/formal, 「教官」/「教師」 the teacher-side opposites.

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1. （がくせい）大学だいがくなどで教育きょういくを受うける者もの。
2. 平安へいあん時代じだい、大学寮だいがくりょうなどで学まなぶ者もの。
3. 寺院じいんにおいて学問がくもんを学まなんだり、研究けんきゅうをする僧侶そうりょ。学生がくせい僧そう。修学しゅうがく僧そう。学僧がくそう。