理学

See also: 理學

Chinese

For pronunciation and definitions of – see 理學 (“Neo-Confucianism; natural sciences; science”).
(This term is the simplified form of 理學).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 2
がく
Grade: 1
on’yomi
Alternative spelling
理學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

From Chinese 理學理学 (lǐxué). Used for the senses of “philosophy” and “natural science” in the early Meiji period.[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

Noun

()(がく) • (rigaku) 

  1. Short for 宋明理学 (Sō-Min rigaku, Neo-Confucianism).[1][2][3][4][6]
  2. (obsolete) Synonym of 哲学 (tetsugaku, philosophy)[1][2][3]
  3. Clipping of 理学 (butsurigaku, physics).[2][6]
  4. (obsolete, by extension) Synonym of 自然科学 (shizen kagaku, natural science)[1][2][3][4][6]
    • 2009 March 30 [2004 January 23], Naoko Takeuchi, “Act(アクト) 30(サーティ) ()(げん)(フォー) SAILORURANUS(セーラー ウラヌス) (てん)(おう)はるか SAILORNEPTUNE(セーラー ネプチューン) (かい)(おう)みちる [Act 30: Infinity 4: SAILOR URANUS Ten’ō Haruka and SAILOR NEPTUNE Kaiō Michiru]”, in 美少女戦士(Pretty Guardian)セーラームーン(SAILORMOON) [Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON], 6th edition, volume 6 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 235:
      ()(がく)()(いち)(ねん)()()(ぶつ)()(がっ)()()(ろん)(ぶつ)()(がく)(せん)(こう) (めい)(おう)せつなです よろしく
      Rigakubu ichinen kiso butsurigakka riron butsurigaku senkō Meiō Setsuna desu Yoroshiku
      I’m studying theoretical physics for my first year of basic physics at the Faculty of Natural Science. My name’s Meiō Setsuna. Nice to meet you.

References

  1. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  2. Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998), 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  3. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  4. Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  6. Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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