講座|こうざkouza[0]heiban (flat)

1. nouncourse (e.g. of lectures)
   この講座こうざでは応急手当おうきゅうてあての基本的きほんてきな技能ぎのうを教おしえます。↗

   This course teaches basic skills in first aid.
2. nounacademic university unit (professor, lecturers, etc.)

• SynonymコースNeutralLoanword for a course or route, as in 「初級コース」; it leans toward the progression of a program of study, while 「講座」 is a lecture series or a university academic chair.
• Related課程かていNeutralA course as a stage of study, as in 「博士課程」; it leans toward where you are in your studies rather than the lectures themselves.
• RelatedレッスンCasualColloquial loanword for lessons in a skill or language, single or ongoing, as in 「ピアノのレッスン」 and 「英語のレッスン」.
• Related学課がっかWrittenA written, bookish word for lessons and schoolwork; little used today, while 「講座」 is a series of lectures.
• Related習い事ならいごとCasualColloquial word for hobby lessons outside school, as in 「習い事に通う」; it leans toward classes taken for interest, like music or sport.
• Related授業じゅぎょうNeutralEveryday classes at school, as in 「授業に出る」; it leans toward the routine teaching itself rather than a lecture series.
• Related科目かもくNeutralA subject within a curriculum, as in 「必修科目」; it leans toward the classification of subjects, not the teaching itself.
• Related教育課程きょういくかていFormalFormal term for the curriculum as a whole — what a school teaches and in what order; leans toward the school system itself.
• Related課業かぎょうWrittenWritten word for schoolwork or work that is assigned; very rare today. 「講座」 is about lectures being given, not tasks assigned.
• Related教科課程FormalFormal term for the arrangement of subjects within a curriculum; few examples of actual use.

Use 「講座」 for a lecture series, a correspondence course, or a university chair (a professor-led teaching and research unit), as in 「市民講座」 and 「英会話講座」. For school classes say 「授業」, for a stage of study 「課程」, for hobby lessons 「習い事」.

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1. 大学院だいがくいん・大学だいがくなどで専門せんもん分野ぶんやごとに編成へんせいされた、教授きょうじゅ・助教授じょきょうじゅ・講師こうしなどを配属はいぞくした研究けんきゅう・教育きょういくのための組織そしき。
2. 専門的せんもんてき知識ちしきを授さずける講習会こうしゅうかい・放送番組ほうそうばんぐみなど。
3. 体系的たいけいてきに編成へんせいされた出版物しゅっぱんぶつ。
4. 寺院じいんで、講師こうしの座すわる席せき。