学課|がっかgakka[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounlesson; school work
    After supper, he studies his lessons for three hours.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym授業じゅぎょうNeutralNeutral. The everyday word for having class; focuses on the classroom teaching itself, more concrete than 「学課」.
  • SynonymレッスンCasualColloquial loanword for a lesson or course, mostly in skills like piano, dance or English conversation; covers both private and group lessons.
  • Synonym科目かもくNeutralNeutral. A subject as a unit of the school curriculum, as in 「必修科目」; 「学課」 is rare, and in daily speech people say 「科目」.
  • Synonym課業かぎょうWrittenWritten/formal prose. Emphasizes work assigned to be completed, in study or on the job; carries a stronger sense of being set than 「学課」.
  • Related講座こうざFormalFormal. Points to a university teaching-and-research unit or a series of lecture courses, as in 「市民講座」; 「学課」 refers to school lessons themselves.
  • Related習い事ならいごとCasualColloquial. Lessons taken outside school to learn an accomplishment such as piano or swimming; not schoolwork, which is what 「学課」 covers.
  • Related講義こうぎFormalFormal. A lecture given by a university professor, as in 「講義に出る」; 「学課」 refers to school lessons in general.

「学課」 is a rare, written-style word for school lessons and coursework, easily confused with the homophone 「学科」. In everyday speech use 「授業」 or 「科目」; for university lectures say 「講義」; for lessons in skills like piano use 「習い事」 or 「レッスン」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 学問がくもん、学業がくぎょうの課程かてい。
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