授業

Pattern visualization

Examples

1. 日本語の授業は楽しいです。▶ —
   The Japanese class is fun.
2. 今日の授業は休講です。▶ —
   Today's class is cancelled.

Collocations

Mnemonic

授業 jugyou — 授 (to confer) + 業 (work, task): "the handing over of teaching." 授ける is a ceremonial verb — emperor and professor alike "bestow" a degree downward, while the receiving side splits off as 受ける, direction carved into the kanji. 業 is the spine of occupation — 工業, 商業, 農業, 企業. Within one classroom 出席, 欠席, 休講 gather as one household.

Quick check

1. Natural Japanese for "conferring a degree"?

   • 学位を授ける (sazukeru — ceremonial giving)
   • 学位を授業する (nonsense, jugyou is a noun)
   • 学位を受ける (receive — receiver's side)
   • 学位を出す ("issue", less formal)