Academic subjects
This page contains the Japanese vocabulary for academic subjects. If you’re an English teacher or a student, these academic subjects in Japanese will help you have conversations with students all over Japan. These words will also help you when you’re watching the news on NHK. See also: banking, and business.
| English | Kanji | Hiragana | Romaji |
| Anthropology | 人類学 | じんるいがく | jinrui gaku |
| Biology | 生物 | せいぶつ | seibutsu |
| Chemistry | 化学 | かがく | kagaku |
| Economics | 経済 | けいざい | keizai |
| English | 英語 | えいご | eigo |
| Geography | 地理 | ちり | chiri |
| History | 史学 / 歴史 | しがく / れきし | shigaku / rekishi |
| Home Economics | 家庭科 | かていか | kateika |
| Japanese | 国語 | こくご | gokugo |
| Japanese | 日本語 | にほんご | nihongo |
| Mathematics | 数学 | すうがく | suugaku |
| Philosophy | 哲学 | てつがく | tetsugaku |
| Physical Education | 体育 | たいいく | taiiku |
| Physics | 物理 | ぶつり | butsuri |
| Politics | 政治 | せいじ | seiji |
| Religion | 宗教 | しゅうきょう | shuukyou |
| Sociology | 社会学 | しゃかいがく | shakaigaku |
