習得・修得|しゅうとくshuutoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
習得習得 is the more common form and the one beginners should normally choose when referring to learning or acquiring a skill or knowledge.
修得修得 is a less common kanji-only variant of 習得. It can be recognized as referring to the same learning or acquisition sense, but 習得 is the safer choice for beginners.
Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verblearning; acquisition (of a skill, knowledge, etc.)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 習得する（しゅうとくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 習得します（しゅうとくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 習得しない（しゅうとくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 習得しません（しゅうとくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 習得せず・習得せぬ（しゅうとくせず・しゅうとくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 習得した（しゅうとくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 習得しました（しゅうとくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 習得しなかった（しゅうとくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 習得しませんでした（しゅうとくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 習得して（しゅうとくして） |
| Potential | 習得できる（しゅうとくできる） |
| Passive | 習得される（しゅうとくされる） |
| Causative | 習得させる（しゅうとくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 習得させられる（しゅうとくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 習得すれば（しゅうとくすれば） |
| tara | 習得したら（しゅうとくしたら） |
| Volitional | 習得しよう（しゅうとくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 習得しましょう（しゅうとくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 習得しろ（しゅうとくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym会得えとくWrittenWritten/formal prose: grasping something and making it truly your own through understanding; 「習得」 stresses acquiring a skill through study.
- SynonymマスターNeutralColloquial loanword for mastering a skill; also means a cafe owner or bar manager.
- Synonym学習がくしゅうNeutralNeutral: the process of studying, as in 「学習塾」; 「習得」 stresses the result — having actually mastered it.
- Synonym学ぶまなぶNeutralNeutral, widely used verb for learning or studying; unlike 「習得」 it does not imply you have mastered the skill.
- Related修めるおさめるWrittenWritten verb for pursuing studies and bringing them to completion, as in 「学問を修める」.
- Related修学しゅうがくNeutralNeutral: studying at school; now mostly in 「修学旅行」. 「習得」 is about mastering a skill, not school study itself.
- Related習うならうNeutralNeutral verb for being taught by someone, as in 「ピアノを習う」; it stresses having a teacher, while 「習得」 stresses the result.
- Related学び取るまなびとるNeutralNeutral: learning by actively taking things in from experience or from others; 「習得」 focuses on the skill you gain.
- Related修するしゅうするWrittenLiterary verb for studying or mastering something, rare in modern writing; today mostly seen for conducting Buddhist ceremonies.
- Related学修がくしゅうWrittenWritten word for study, rarely used; say 「学習」 instead.
- Related修習しゅうしゅうWrittenWritten/formal prose: learning and mastering an academic discipline or craft, as in 「司法修習」.
- Antonym忘却ぼうきゃくWrittenWritten word for forgetting completely; the opposite of 「習得」, which is about acquiring and keeping a skill.
- Antonym未習WrittenWritten word for not yet having studied something, often about courses; contrasts with 「習得」 as something already mastered.
Use 「習得」 for mastering a skill or language through study, as in 「技術を習得する」. For the process of studying say 「学習」 or 「学ぶ」; for learning from a teacher use 「習う」; in casual speech 「マスターする」 works well.
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