How do you read 授業?

授業 is read じゅぎょう (jugyou), with atamadaka pitch accent (high first, then falls).

How do you write 授業 in romaji?

授業 is written jugyou in romaji, also spelled jugyo.

What kanji are in 授業?

授 (Impart, Instruct); 業 (Business, Vocation).

授業じゅぎょう

Q: What JLPT level is 授業?

授業 is a JLPT N2 word (upper intermediate).

じゅぎょう · jugyou (also spelled jugyo)

JLPT N2 › noun ★ Studied by 13 learners

Lesson, class, teaching, instruction, classwork, schoolwork

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Atamadaka

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How it’s used

Learners meet this everyday word for a scheduled school class or lecture, distinct from 教室 (classroom) and 講義 (college lecture).

Often confused with 教室, which means the classroom or room itself, not the class session.

Example sentences

明日の授業は何時からですか。

What time does tomorrow's class start?

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授業中に居眠りをしてしまった。

I ended up dozing off during class.

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授業は九時から始まります。

じゅぎょうはくじからはじまります。

The class starts from nine o'clock.

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この授業までに、教科書の第5章を読んでおいてください。

このじゅぎょうまでに、きょうかしょのだいごしょうをよんでおいてください。

Please read chapter 5 of the textbook by the time of this class.

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Kanji in this word

授Impart, Instruct, Grant 音じゅ訓さず.ける・さず.かる JLPT N1 · 11 strokes 業Business, Vocation, Arts 音ぎょう・ごう訓わざ JLPT N4 · 13 strokes

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Words that share a kanji

授業じゅぎょうa class (of school)教授きょうじゅteaching, instruction; professor 授けるさずけるto grant, to award, to teach 助教授じょきょうじゅassistant professor 卒業そつぎょうgraduation 作業さぎょうwork, operation, manufacturing 営業えいぎょうbusiness, trade, management 休業きゅうぎょうclosure, shutdown, holiday

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What does 授業 mean?

Lesson, class, teaching, instruction, classwork, schoolwork.

How do you pronounce 授業?

じゅぎょう (jugyou). Pitch accent: atamadaka — high first, then falls. Press Listen above to hear it.

What JLPT level is 授業?

JLPT N2 — upper intermediate. See the JLPT N2 guide.

How do I remember 授業?

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