| Level 4 vocabulary |
| 学生 | (n) student/ (P) |  |
| 学校 | (n) school/ (P) |  |
| 大学 | (n) university/ (P) |  |
| Level 3 vocabulary |
| 医学 | (n) medical science/ medicine/ (P) |  |
| 科学 | (n) science/ (P) |  |
| 学部 | (n) department of a university/ undergraduate/ (P) |  |
| 高等学校 | senior high school/ (P) |  |
| 小学校 | (n) primary school/ elementary school/ (P) |  |
| 数学 | (n) mathematics/ arithmetic/ (P) |  |
| 入学 | (n) entry to school or university/ matriculation/ (P) |  |
| 文学 | (n) literature/ (P) |  |
| Level 2 vocabulary |
| 化学 | (n) chemistry/ (P) |  |
| 学 | (n) learning/ scholarship/ erudition/ knowledge |  |
| 学者 | (n) scholar/ (P) |  |
| 学習 | (n,vs) study/ learning/ (P) |  |
| 学術 | (n) science/ learning/ scholarship/ (P) |  |
| 学年 | (n) year in school/ grade in school/ (P) |  |
| 学問 | (n) scholarship/ study/ learning/ (P) |  |
| 学力 | (n) scholarship/ knowledge/ literary ability/ (P) |  |
| 学会 | (n) scientific society/ academic meeting/ (P) |  |
| 学期 | (n) term (school)/ (P) |  |
| 学級 | (n) grade in school/ (P) |  |
| 見学 | (n,vs) inspection/ study by observation/ field trip/ (P) |  |
| 語学 | (n) language study/ (P) |  |
| 在学 | (n) (enrolled) in school/ (P) |  |
| 自然科学 | natural science/ (P) |  |
| 奨学金 | (n) scholarship/ (P) |  |
| 小学生 | (n) grade school student/ (P) |  |
| 進学 | (n,vs) going on to university/ (P) |  |
| 人文科学 | social sciences/ humanities/ (P) |  |
| 大学院 | (n) graduate school/ (P) |  |
| 中学 | (n) middle school/ junior high school/ (P) |  |
| 通学 | (n) commuting to school/ (P) |  |
| 哲学 | (n) philosophy/ (P) |  |
| 学ぶ | (v5b) to study (in depth)/ to learn/ to take lessons in/ (P) |  |
| 留学 | (n,vs) studying abroad/ (P) |  |
| Level 1 vocabulary |
| 学芸 | (n) arts and sciences/ liberal arts |  |
| 学士 | (n) university graduate/ (P) |  |
| 学説 | (n) theory/ (P) |  |
| 学歴 | (n) academic background/ (P) |  |
| 休学 | (n) temporary absence from school/ suspension/ (P) |  |
| 共学 | (n) coeducation/ (P) |  |
| 工学 | (n) engineering/ (P) |  |
| 考古学 | (adj-no,n) archaeology |  |
| 修学 | (n) learning |  |
| 退学 | (n) dropping out of school/ (P) |  |
| 法学 | (n) law/ jurisprudence/ (P) |  |