(けんきゅうじょ)

けんきゅうじょ
noun
research institute; laboratory
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1. research institute; research laboratory
An organization or facility dedicated to scientific or academic research.
国立(こくりつ)研究所(けんきゅうじょ)(はたら)いている
I work at a national research institute.
This research institute is developing new medicines.
The university's research institute made an announcement about the latest technology.

研究所(けんきゅうじょ) is a compound of 研究(けんきゅう) (research) + (じょ) (place, facility). It refers to an institution dedicated to research.

Pronunciation

An alternate reading けんきゅうしょ also exists and is used in some proper names. The じょ reading is more common in general usage.

Common patterns

  • 国立(こくりつ)研究所(けんきゅうじょ): national research institute
  • 大学(だいがく)附属(ふぞく)研究所(けんきゅうじょ): university-affiliated research institute
  • 研究所(けんきゅうじょ)(はたら): to work at a research institute
  • 研究所(けんきゅうじょ)(ちょう): director of a research institute

Well-known examples

  • 理化学研究所(りかがくけんきゅうじょ) (RIKEN): Japan's largest scientific research institution
  • 産業技術総合研究所(さんぎょうぎじゅつそうごうけんきゅうじょ) (AIST)

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