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    3. 洋学

    洋学

    洋よう学がく

    Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods)

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    ようがく

    Noun

    1.
    Western learning (introduced to Japan in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods)
    historical term

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    江え戸ど時じ代だいに洋よ学うが日く本がに伝ほんにわった。

    Western learning was introduced to Japan during the Edo period.

    KMT7HistoryEducation
    蘭らん学がくは洋よう学がくの一いち分ぶん野やとして発はっ展てんした。

    Rangaku (Dutch studies) developed as a field of Western learning.

    KMT10HistoryEducation
    洋よう学がくの導どう入にゅうは、日に本ほんの近きん代だい化かに大 きな影いきょ響うを与あたえた。

    The introduction of Western learning had a significant impact on Japan's modernization.

    KMT10HistoryPolitics & Law
    幕ばく末まつの志し士したちは、洋よう学がくを通つうじて世せ界かいの情じょう勢せいを学まなんだ。

    The patriots of the late Edo period learned about world affairs through Western learning.

    KMT10HistoryEducation
    洋よう学がくの研けん究きゅうは、医い学がくや天てん文もん学がくなど多た岐きにわたった。

    The study of Western learning covered a wide range of fields such as medicine and astronomy.

    KMT10EducationScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    洋
    ocean・sea・foreign・Western style
    学
    まな.ぶ…(3)
    study・learning・science
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