Vocabulary

What does 卒業 (そつぎょう, sotsugyou) mean?

卒業 (そつぎょう, sotsugyou) means graduation.

Quick facts
Readingそつぎょう
Romajisotsugyou
Part of speechnoun, suru verb, intransitive
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
そつぎょう
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonsotsugyou

graduation

  1. 1noun · suru verb · intransitive graduation; completion (of a course)
  2. 2noun · suru verb · intransitive moving on (from); outgrowing (something)
  3. 3noun · suru verb · intransitive leaving (a group, company, etc.); quitting

Example sentences

  • I'll graduate from university next year.

  • After I graduate, I want to work in Japan.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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