家庭科|かていかkateika[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- nounhome economics
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym家政学かせいがくWrittenWritten/formal term for the study of food, clothing, housing and budgeting; often a university department name. 「家庭科」 is the primary and secondary school subject.
- SynonymドメスティックサイエンスWrittenWritten/formal loanword for the study of household knowledge and skills; rare. For the school subject, use 「家庭科」.
- SynonymホームエコノミックスWrittenWritten/formal loanword that can mean home economics as a discipline or the subject teaching cooking and sewing; rare. Japanese schools usually say 「家庭科」.
- SynonymホームエコノミクスWrittenWritten/formal loanword for home economics; rare. Say 「家政学」 for the discipline and 「家庭科」 for the school subject.
- SynonymドメスチックサイエンスWrittenAlternate spelling of 「ドメスティックサイエンス」; written/formal, rare, meaning home economics. Use 「家庭科」 for the school subject.
- Related家政かせいNeutralNeutral word for housework in general — cleaning, cooking, laundry — and its management, as in 「家政婦」. Not a subject name; the school subject is 「家庭科」.
For the school subject use 「家庭科」, as in 「家庭科の授業」; for the university discipline say 「家政学」; for housework and its management say 「家政」. The loanword variants are rare.
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