文教|ぶんきょうbunkyou[0]heiban (flat)

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Definitions
  1. nouneducation; culture
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym教育きょういくNeutralEducation, the most common everyday word. 「文教」 combines culture and education, and can also stress public enlightenment, as in 「文教政策」.
  • Related文化ぶんかNeutralCulture in the broadest sense, covering ways of life and the arts. 「文教」 covers both culture and education, and often the administration of them.
  • Related文明ぶんめいNeutralCivilization, with the focus on a society's stage of development; unrelated to education or its administration.

「文教」 is a collective term for culture and education, or their administration, as in 「文教地区」 and 「文教予算」. Use 「教育」 for education alone and 「文化」 for culture alone; 「文明」 concerns civilization, not education.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 学問がくもんや教育きょういくにより人々ひとびとを教化きょうけすること。また、そのような教おしえ。
  2. 文化ぶんかと教育きょういく。また、それに関かんする行政ぎょうせい。
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