(しぜん)(かがく)

しぜんかがく
noun
natural science
educationscience
1. natural science
the branch of knowledge that deals with the physical world, including physics, chemistry, biology, and earth science
自然(しぜん)科学(かがく)興味(きょうみ)ある
I am interested in natural science.
自然(しぜん)科学(かがく)分野(ぶんや)ノーベル(しょう)受賞(じゅしょう)した
They won a Nobel Prize in the field of natural science.
At university, it is important to study both natural science and the humanities in a balanced way.

The umbrella term for sciences that study the natural world through observation and experiment. Composed of 自然(しぜん) (nature) + 科学(かがく) (science). Contrasted with 人文(じんぶん)科学(かがく) (humanities) and 社会(しゃかい)科学(かがく) (social sciences) in Japanese academic classification.

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