科学
かがく
hepburn kagaku
science
Part of speech · noun
Pattern visualization
Examples
- 科学の力で生活はとても便利になりました。Life has become very convenient through the power of science.
- 子供のころから科学に興味がありました。I have been interested in science since childhood.
Collocations
科学の力科学者科学技術自然科学科学的
Mnemonic
科学 kagaku — 科 (branch, section) + 学 (study). Systematic study (学) divided into branches (科) is science. It is a homophone of 化学 (kagaku, chemistry); to disambiguate, 化学 is sometimes called ばけがく. 科学者 = a scientist, 科学技術 = science and technology. Vocabulary with 技術 (technology, partial-3... gijutsu).
Quick check
Which homophone of 科学 means "chemistry"?