School and children: University · Maudric
School and children · Lesson 9

University

Entrance exams, faculties, lectures and credits: when a child heads for university, or you get talking to a student, these words come up fast. This lesson covers getting in, studying, and living away from home. Tap to hear any line. The bar at the bottom plays a hands-free drill for walking.

JLPT: 19 N4 words3 N3 words1 N2 word1 N1 word in this lesson.

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25 university words

Each card shows a word and a sentence you'd hear from a student or say to one. Several reuse words from earlier lessons.

Or tap a card to check one
  1. G01
    nounN4
    university student · You'll be a university student from next year.
    来年らいねん: from Everyday Japanese 2
  2. G02
    nounN2
    taking entrance exams · The exams are coming up soon, aren't they?
  3. G03
    nounN4
    the month after next · The entrance exam is the month after next.
    来月らいげつ next month, 再来月さらいげつ the one after
  4. G04
    u-verbN1
    to pass (and get in) · I got into my first choice!
    落おちる: to fail
  5. G05
    noun
    university open day · Let's go to an open day in the summer holidays.
  6. G06
    nounN4
    faculty · Which faculty do you want to go to?
  7. G07
    nounN4
    major, speciality · What's your major?
  8. G08
    nounN4
    literature · I want to study Japanese literature.
  9. G09
    nounN4
    medicine (the subject) · Studying medicine looks tough.
    ~そう: from Everyday Japanese 1
  10. G10
    nounN4
    science · I'm interested in science.
    At school, science the subject is 理科りか
  11. G11
    nounN4
    geography · I was good at geography.
    得意とくい: from Lesson 5
  12. G12
    nounN4
    lecture · I've got lectures first thing tomorrow.
  13. G13
    nounN4
    main hall, auditorium · The entrance ceremony is in the main hall.
    入学式にゅうがくしき: from Lesson 1
  14. G14
    nounN3
    credit · Have you got enough credits?
    足たりる: from Everyday Japanese 1
  15. G15
    nounN4
    essay, report · I've got to hand in an essay by tomorrow.
    ~なきゃ: from Everyday Japanese 1
  16. G16
    nounN4
    going over what you learned · Do you go over your lectures afterwards?
    予習よしゅう: preparing before
  17. G17
    nounN4
    pronunciation · Your English pronunciation is lovely.
  18. G18
    nounN4
    dictionary · Can I use this dictionary?
    ~てもいい: from Everyday Japanese 1
  19. G19
    nounN4
    research · What are you researching?
  20. G20
    nounN4
    professor's office, lab · I'm off to see my professor in her office.
    Also the professor's research group
  21. G21
    nounN4
    older student, younger student · I'll ask one of the older students in my club.
    サークル: a university club
  22. G22
    nounN3
    studying abroad · I'm planning to study in the UK next year.
    ~つもり: from Everyday Japanese 1
  23. G23
    nounN4
    living away from home, in lodgings · If it's a university in Kyoto, you'll have to live there.
    Many students just say 一人暮ひとりぐらし
  24. G24
    nounN3
    scholarship, student loan · I've applied for a scholarship.
    Most 奨学金しょうがくきん in Japan are loans you pay back
  25. G25
    nounN4
    graduation · What do you want to do after you graduate?
    ~たら: from Everyday Japanese 1
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From exams to graduation

The words in the order they come up: getting in, studying, then the people, places and how students live.

WordMeansExample
Getting in
受験じゅけんtaking the exams受験じゅけんが終おわった。
入試にゅうしentrance exam入試にゅうしは2月にがつ。
受うかる・落おちるpass, fail受うかった!
Studying
学部がくぶfaculty文学部ぶんがくぶ、医学部いがくぶ
講義こうぎlecture講義こうぎに出でる
単位たんいcredit単位たんいを取とる
People, places and living
先輩せんぱい・後輩こうはいolder, younger studentサークルの先輩せんぱい
研究室けんきゅうしつprofessor's office, lab研究室けんきゅうしつに行いく
下宿げしゅくlodgings大学だいがくの近ちかくに下宿げしゅく
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Three patterns to use today

〜に興味きょうみがある

"I'm interested in…"

I'm interested in history.
What are you interested in?

〜たら、〜たい

"Once I…, I want to…" ~たら is from Everyday Japanese 1, ~たい from Everyday Japanese 3.

Once I'm at university, I want to live on my own.
After I graduate, I want to work abroad.

〜にする

"I'll go for…" Choosing one option.

Private or national: which will you go for?
I'll go for economics.
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Say it in Japanese

Say each one out loud before you reveal the answer. Getting close counts.

  1. 1. What do you want to study at university?
  2. 2. When's the entrance exam?
  3. 3. I got into my first choice!
  4. 4. Are you going to live away from home?
  5. 5. I've got a lecture at nine tomorrow.
  6. 6. I've got to hand in an essay by Friday.
  7. 7. I want to study abroad for a year.
  8. 8. Why not ask one of the older students?
  9. 9. Is it hard to get in?
  10. 10. What will you do after you graduate?
You hear English, then a pause to try it in Japanese. Then the answer plays twice, with time to repeat it after each.