学院

がくいん

academy

What does 学院 mean?

学院 is a Japanese noun meaning academy in English. It is written as 学院 in kanji, がくいん in hiragana, and gakuin in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N5 vocabulary.

Example sentence

黒魔法の話を聞きたいです。学院ではさわりしか聞いたことがないんですが興味があります。

I'd like to hear about black magic. I was only told the highlights in the academy, and it interests me.