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学部

JLPT N4 · N2 · Vocabulary

学部 — “faculty, department (university)”

学部 (read がくぶ) means faculty, department (university). It appears on the JLPT N4 and N2 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

がくぶ

Meaning

faculty, department (university)

学部 in a sentence

工学こうがく部ぶの学生がくせいです。

I am a student in the engineering faculty.

The kanji in 学部

学to learn; study
部department, part

Words that share a kanji with 学部

学生がくせい— student
学校がっこう— a school
大学だいがく— college; university
留学生りゅうがくせい— international student
入学するにゅうがくする— to enter school, to enroll
留学するりゅうがくする— to study abroad
科学かがく— science
医学いがく— medicine, medical science

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