Japanese Lesson 7

education
kyouiku

(english)
(japanese)

Kindergarten
youchien

Elementary school/Primary school
Shougakkou

Junior high school
Chuugakkou

(senior) High school
Koukou

Vocational (professional) school
Senmon gakkou

Junior college
Tanki daigaku

College
(tanka) daigaku

University
(sougou) daigaku

Graduate school
Daigakuin

by adding 'sei'(originally, it's 'gakusei'(student) but after koukou(high school) or daigaku(college),
'gaku' is omitted) after your school, you can introduce yourself like

Watashi wa koukou sei desu. (I’m a high school student.)
Watashi wa daigakuin sei desu. (I’m a graduate student.)

 *it’s no difference between college student and university student in Japanese,
  they are both "daigaku sei".

Subject
Kamoku

language
Gengo

 *kokugo = Japanese language for Japanese. If you’re an American, your 'kokugo'
  is English. Koku = kuni = country, kokugo means ‘our language’  

history
rekishi

geography
chiri

politics and economics
seiji keizai

mathematics
suugaku

calculus
bibun sekibun

physics
butsuri

chemistry
kagaku

biology
seibutsu

art
bijhutsu

psychology
shinrigaku

medical science
igaku

major
senkou

to study/ to learn
benkyou suru

 *to learn is translated 'manabu', but normally we don't say 'manabu'
  it's rather used for writing. 

I’m studying at law department.
Watashi wa hougaku bu de benkyou shite imasu.

to teach
oshieru

can you teach me?
Oshiete kuremasen ka?

Are you a student?
Gakusei desu ka?

What year are you in?
Nan nensei desu ka?

Ni nen sei desu.
I'm a sophmore.

*the first year(freshman)= ichinen sei, the second year(sophmore) = ninen sei, the third year(junior) = sannen sei,
the forth year(senior) = yonen sei

I'll graduate next year.
Rainen sotsugyou shimau.

What’s your major?
Senkou wa nan desu ka?

I major in economics.
Keizaigaku wo senkou shite imasu.

Where did you learn Japanese?
Nihongo wa doko de narai masita ka?

At school.
Gakkou de.

I study Japanese by myself.
Jibun de nihongo wo benkyou shite imasu.