教習|きょうしゅうkyoushuu[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbtraining; instruction
Conjugation
Dictionary form教習する(きょうしゅうする)
Polite (masu)教習します(きょうしゅうします)
Negative (nai)教習しない(きょうしゅうしない)
polite (masen)教習しません(きょうしゅうしません)
classical zu / nu教習せず・教習せぬ(きょうしゅうせず・きょうしゅうせぬ)
Past (ta)教習した(きょうしゅうした)
polite (mashita)教習しました(きょうしゅうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)教習しなかった(きょうしゅうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)教習しませんでした(きょうしゅうしませんでした)
Te form教習して(きょうしゅうして)
Potential教習できる(きょうしゅうできる)
Passive教習される(きょうしゅうされる)
Causative教習させる(きょうしゅうさせる)
Causative passive教習させられる(きょうしゅうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)教習すれば(きょうしゅうすれば)
tara教習したら(きょうしゅうしたら)
Volitional教習しよう(きょうしゅうしよう)
polite (mashou)教習しましょう(きょうしゅうしましょう)
Imperative教習しろ(きょうしゅうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym教育きょういくNeutralThe broadest term: imparting knowledge and shaping character. 「教習」 is teaching specific skills or knowledge, as in 「学科教習」 at a driving school.
  • Related練習れんしゅうNeutralPracticing on your own, repeatedly, to build a skill; the most common word. 「教習」 is systematic teaching by an instructor, often for driving.
  • Related訓練くんれんNeutralTraining to master a specific skill, as in disaster-preparedness or military drills. 「教習」 is used for instructor-led skill teaching, as at driving schools.
  • Related養成ようせいWrittenWritten/formal prose: developing people into a given profession, as in 「教員養成」. 「教習」 is the teaching of concrete skills and knowledge.
  • Related稽古けいこNeutralPractice of traditional arts such as the martial arts, tea ceremony, or sumo. 「教習」 covers modern skills like driving.
  • RelatedトレーニングNeutralLoanword: mostly physical training or working out, also job training. 「教習」 is instructor-led teaching, as at a driving school.
  • Related錬成れんせいWrittenWritten/formal prose: forging body and mind and building character, with a prewar flavor. 「教習」 teaches concrete skills, as at a driving school.
  • Related練磨れんまWrittenWritten/formal prose: long-term polishing of an art or of body and mind; seen in 「百戦錬磨」. 「教習」 is learning a skill under an instructor's guidance.
  • Related教練きょうれんWrittenHistorical written term: prewar military drill at schools; hardly used today and unrelated to driving 「教習」.

Use 「教習」 for instructor-led teaching of a specific skill, as at a driving school. For practicing on your own, 「練習」; for disaster or military drills, 「訓練」; for developing professionals, 「養成」; for traditional arts, 「稽古」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 特別とくべつな知識ちしき、技術ぎじゅつなどを習得しゅうとくさせること。
Kanji in this word
English equivalents

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