国語学

Japanese

Kanji in this term
国	語	学
こく Grade: 2	ご Grade: 2	がく Grade: 1
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
國語學 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

国(こく)語(ご) (kokugo, “the Japanese language”) + 学(がく) (-gaku, “study”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) こくごがく [kòkúgóꜜgàkù] (Nakadaka – [3])^[1]
IPA^(key): [ko̞kɯ̟ɡo̞ɡa̠kɯ̟]

Noun

国(こく)語(ご)学(がく) • (kokugogaku)

the study of the Japanese language

Synonyms

日(に)本(ほん)語(ご)学(がく) (nihongogaku)

References

^ 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), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN