教科|きょうかkyouka[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounsubject; curriculum
   どの教科きょうかが一番いちばん好すきですか。↗

   Which subject do you like best?

• Synonym学科がっかNeutralCovers academic disciplines and university departments, e.g. 「英文学科」; 「教科」 is the broad category of subjects taught at school.
• Synonym科目かもくNeutralBroader in range — any classified item, even accounting categories — as in 「試験科目」; at school it is a finer division of a 「教科」.
• RelatedフィールドNeutralLoanword for a field of expertise or, literally, a field or meadow; 「教科」 is a school teaching subject.
• Related専門分野せんもんぶんやNeutralRefers to a person's field of expertise; 「教科」 is a teaching subject within school education.
• Related研究分野けんきゅうぶんやNeutralRefers to a field of research; 「教科」 is a subject taught at school.

Use 「教科」 for the broad teaching subjects a school divides its curriculum into, as in 「教科書」. For individual subjects use 「科目」; for university departments 「学科」; for one's field of expertise or research 「専門分野」/「研究分野」.

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1. 学校教育がっこうきょういくで、教育課程きょういくかていに基もとづいて、学問的がくもんてき・内容ないよう的てきに共通きょうつうする分野ぶんやごとに学習がくしゅう内容ないようを区分くわけしたもの。