講習|こうしゅうkoushuu[0]heiban (flat)

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

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • RelatedレクチャーCasualColloquial loanword for lecturing or explaining something, as in 「使い方をレクチャーする」; unlike 講習 it is not a short training course.
  • Related講義こうぎFormalFormal word for a university lecture, as in 「講義に出る」; 講習 instead means gathering people for short-term concentrated study.
  • Related講説こうせつFormalFormal term for explaining a doctrine or theory in a lecture; rare. 講習, by contrast, centers on short, concentrated training.
  • Related講授WrittenWritten word for giving instruction or lectures; rare — in everyday speech say 「講義」 instead.

Use 「講習」 for short, concentrated training like 「運転免許の更新講習」 or 「夏期講習」. Say 「講義」 for university lectures, 「レクチャー」 for casual explaining; 「講授」 and 「講説」 are rare written/formal terms.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 人ひとを集あつめ学問がくもんや技芸ぎげいを指導しどうすること。 集あつまって学問がくもんや技芸ぎげいを学習がくしゅうすること。
  2. 講習会こうしゅうかいの略称りゃくしょう。
Kanji in this word

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