Category: SciencePart of speech: nounDifficulty: Common

科学

/kagaku/Roman

English meaning: Science

Japanese Definition

(日本語)

科学とは、観察と実験を通じて自然界を体系的に研究する学問である。日本は29人のノーベル賞受賞者を輩出し、特に物理・化学・医学の分野で顕著である。湯川秀樹(量子力学)・山中伸弥(iPS細胞研究)・赤崎勇・天野浩・中村修二(青色LED技術)が代表的な貢献者である。

English Definition

The systematic study of the natural world through observation and experiment. Japan has produced 29 Nobel Prize winners, particularly in physics, chemistry, and medicine. Japanese scientists have contributed to quantum mechanics (Yukawa Hideki), iPS cell research (Yamanaka Shinya), and blue LED technology (Akasaki, Amano, Nakamura).

Example

日本はノーベル賞受賞者を多く輩出する科学大国です。

In English: Japan is a major science nation that has produced many Nobel Prize winners.

Synonyms

  • 理科
  • 自然科学

Literary Heritage

みんなの幸のためならば、僕のからだなんか百ぺん灼いてもかまわない

/Minna no sachi no tame naraba, boku no karada nanka hyappen yaite mo kamawanai/

For the happiness of everyone, I wouldn't mind if my body were burned a hundred times.

Miyazawa Kenji · Poet and Author · 19th–20th century CE

Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru (Night on the Galactic Railroad)

Ginga Tetsudo no Yoru, closing chapter, 1927

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