物理|ぶつりbutsuri[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounlaws of nature; physical laws
2. nounphysics
   物理ぶつりは私の好すきな科目かもくだ。↗

   Physics is my favorite subject.

• Synonym物理学ぶつりがくNeutralThe formal name of physics as a discipline; 「物理」 is the colloquial form, also the school subject, and can also mean physical, as in 「物理的」.
• Synonym理学りがくWrittenA collective term for the natural sciences, as in 「理学部」; broader in scope than 「物理」.
• Related自然哲学しぜんてつがくWrittenNatural philosophy: the study of nature from ancient Greece onward and the forerunner of modern natural science; not today's physics.
• Related窮理学きゅうりがくWrittenAn old Edo- and Meiji-era term for Western physics; no longer used in modern Japanese.
• Related格物学WrittenAn early-Meiji name for physics, derived from 「格物致知」; obsolete and not used in modern Japanese.

For the discipline, 「物理学」 is the formal name; 「物理」 is the everyday word and the school subject. Use 「理学」 for natural science as a whole; 「格物学」 and 「窮理学」 are historical terms no longer in use.

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

1. 物ものの道理どうり。
2. （主おもに「物理的ぶつりてき」、「物理ぶつり上じょう」の用法ようほうで）主観しゅかんや人智じんちによらず成立せいりつする自然法則しぜんほうそく。
3. 高等学校こうとうがっこうの教科きょうか「理科りか」の中なかの一いち科目かもく。