理系(りけい)

りけい
noun
science stream; sciences and engineering
educationscience
1. science stream; sciences and engineering
The science-and-mathematics track in Japanese high schools and universities, and by extension a person with that background.
私(わたし)は理系(りけい)です。
I'm a science person.
理系(りけい)の大学(だいがく)に進(すす)みたい。
I want to go on to a science university.
高校(こうこう)二年(にねん)で文系(ぶんけい)か理系(りけい)かを選(えら)ぶのが一般的(いっぱんてき)だ。
Students usually choose between the humanities and science tracks in their second year of high school.

Cultural note

Japanese high schools usually split students into 文系(ぶんけい) (humanities and social sciences) and 理系(りけい) (science, mathematics, engineering, medicine) around the second year, and the label sticks: people describe themselves and others as 理系(りけい) or 文系(ぶんけい), sometimes as a personality type (理系(りけい)っぽい, logical and precise).

Common collocations

Related words

  • 文系(ぶんけい): the humanities track (the opposite)
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