Hello! I am Aiko, a Japanese teacher. I teach Japanese online.
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In this lesson, we study Japanese vocabulary about school and study.
There are 100 words in this lesson.
To make them easier to remember, the words are divided into four groups.
1 School and People
2 Places and Tools at School
3 Study and Classes
4 School Life and Academic Progress
Learning words by topic helps you remember them more easily.
Let’s look at the vocabulary.
1. School and People
These words are about schools and people in school.
There are many kinds of schools.
There are also many kinds of people, like students and teachers.
1 学校(がっこう) – School
2 幼稚園(ようちえん) – Kindergarten
3 保育園(ほいくえん) – Nursery school / Daycare
4 小学校(しょうがっこう) – Elementary school
5 中学校(ちゅうがっこう) – Junior high school
6 高校(こうこう) – High school
7 大学(だいがく) – University
8 大学院(だいがくいん) – Graduate school
9 日本語学校(にほんごがっこう) – Japanese language school
10 塾(じゅく) – Cram school
These words are about people.
11 学生(がくせい) – Student
12 生徒(せいと) – Student (pupil)
13 留学生(りゅうがくせい) – International student
There are also different words for teachers.
14 先生(せんせい) – Teacher
15 教師(きょうし) – Teacher (profession)
16 講師(こうし) – Instructor / Lecturer
2. Places and Tools at School
These words are about places in school and things we use for studying.
1 教室(きょうしつ) – Classroom
2 校庭(こうてい) – School yard
3 図書館(としょかん) – Library
4 食堂(しょくどう) – Cafeteria
5 職員室(しょくいんしつ) – Staff room
6 体育館(たいいくかん) – Gymnasium
7 研究室(けんきゅうしつ) – Laboratory / Research room
These are tools for studying.
8 教科書(きょうかしょ) – Textbook
9 ノート – Notebook
10 辞書(じしょ) – Dictionary
11 電子辞書(でんしじしょ) – Electronic dictionary
12 ペン – Pen
13 鉛筆(えんぴつ) – Pencil
14 消しゴム(けしごむ) – Eraser
15 黒板(こくばん) – Blackboard
16 チョーク – Chalk
3. Study and Classes
These words are about studying and classes.
1 勉強(べんきょう) – Study
2 学習(がくしゅう) – Learning
3 授業(じゅぎょう) – Lesson / Class
4 クラス – Class
5 ゼミ – Seminar
6 プレゼン – Presentation
These words are about tests and assignments.
7 テスト – Test
8 試験(しけん) – Exam
9 宿題(しゅくだい) – Homework
10 課題(かだい) – Assignment
11 レポート – Report
12 論文(ろんぶん) – Academic paper
13 卒業論文(そつぎょうろんぶん) – Graduation thesis
These are school subjects.
14 日本語(にほんご) – Japanese language
15 英語(えいご) – English
16 国語(こくご) – Japanese (school subject)
17 数学(すうがく) – Mathematics
18 理科(りか) – Science
19 社会(しゃかい) – Social studies
These words are about Japanese writing.
20 漢字(かんじ) – Kanji
21 ひらがな – Hiragana
22 カタカナ – Katakana
23 ローマ字 – Romaji
These words are about language.
24 単語(たんご) – Vocabulary word
25 文(ぶん) – Sentence
26 文法(ぶんぽう) – Grammar
27 発音(はつおん) – Pronunciation
28 意味(いみ) – Meaning
These verbs are often used when studying.
29 読む(よむ) – Read
30 書く(かく) – Write
31 聞く(きく) – Listen
32 話す(はなす) – Speak
33 覚える(おぼえる) – Memorize
34 忘れる(わすれる) – Forget
These words are common in class.
35 質問(しつもん) – Question
36 答え(こたえ) – Answer
37 問題(もんだい) – Problem / Question
38 正解(せいかい) – Correct answer
39 間違い(まちがい) – Mistake
These words are about study methods.
40 練習(れんしゅう) – Practice
41 復習(ふくしゅう) – Review
42 予習(よしゅう) – Preparation / Preview
4. School Life and Academic Progress
These words are about school life and education.
1 単位(たんい) – Credit
2 学期(がっき) – Semester / Term
3 学年(がくねん) – School year / Grade
These words show the year of a student.
4 一年生(いちねんせい) – First-year student
5 二年生(にねんせい) – Second-year student
6 三年生(さんねんせい) – Third-year student
7 四年生(よねんせい) – Fourth-year student
These words are about entering school and studying.
8 入学(にゅうがく) – Entrance / Enrollment
9 入学試験(にゅうがくしけん) – Entrance exam
10 進学(しんがく) – Continuing education
11 留学(りゅうがく) – Study abroad
These words are about school status.
12 休学(きゅうがく) – Leave of absence from school
13 留年(りゅうねん) – Repeating a school year
14 卒業(そつぎょう) – Graduation
These words are common in university.
15 学部(がくぶ) – Faculty
16 学科(がっか) – Department
17 専門(せんもん) – Specialty / Field of study
18 専攻(せんこう) – Major
These words are about academic activity.
19 研究(けんきゅう) – Research
20 発表(はっぴょう) – Presentation
These words are about school life.
21 将来(しょうらい) – Future
22 時間割(じかんわり) – Timetable
23 出席(しゅっせき) – Attendance
24 欠席(けっせき) – Absence
25 遅刻(ちこく) – Being late
26 成績(せいせき) – Grades / Academic results
Summary
In this lesson, we studied 100 Japanese words about school and study.
This is a lot of vocabulary, so you do not need to memorize everything at once.
Try to learn the words little by little.
You can also listen to the podcast and practice the pronunciation together.

