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科

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department; section (of a hospital or office); course or branch of study; (biology) family

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Examples

  1. 内科で診てもらった。

    ないかでみてもらった。

    I was seen in the internal medicine department.

  2. 子どもを小児科へ連れて行った。

    こどもをしょうにかへつれていった。

    I took my child to the paediatrics department.

  3. 彼女は大学で英文科に進んだ。

    かのじょはだいがくでえいぶんかにすすんだ。

    She went into the English literature department at university.

  4. 猫はネコ科の動物です。

    ねこはネコかのどうぶつです。

    Cats belong to the cat family.

Common patterns

内科・外科
internal medicine and surgery
学科
academic department; subject
教科書
textbook

Memory tip

As a suffix 科 names a division: a hospital department (内科, 眼科), a university department or school subject (英文科, 理科), or a biological family (バラ科). Note that 外科 is irregularly read げか, not がいか.

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