卒業
そつぎょうsotsugyounoun, suru verb
N41,948th most heard wordIn 83 of 4140 videos (2%)heard 186 timeslast on Oct 27, 2026
- graduation
- completion (of a course)
- moving on (from)
Across the 4,140 Japanese YouTube videos LingoDew uses to teach Japanese, 卒業 is heard 186 times in 83 videos from 42 channels, the 1,948th most heard word. Unofficial JLPT word lists put it at N4.
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- 7:50俺たちの一年後に卒業したから、うん。She graduated a year after us, so, yeah.Nihongo con Teppei with Kimi #32「きみちゃんの復讐。そして、ともやはきみちゃんなのか?それともオデュッセウスなのか!?」
- 3:01まあ例えば東京のなんとか高校を卒業して、で、ええまあなんとか大学、Well, for example, graduated from such-and-such high school in Tokyo, and, uh, well, such-and-such university,#860 自己紹介・自己PR / EASY JAPANESE PODCAST Learn Japanese with MASA and ASAMI
- 3:14五年前(ごねんまえ)とかで大学(だいがく)を卒業(そつぎょう)したんですが、それを機(き)に時間(じかん)が、about five years ago when I graduated from university, and that gave me,[subs] The Art of Decluttering - Everyday Japanese Podcast (日本語リスニング)
- 1:57そう思ったりなどしています。あとこれ出てきた卒業ドレス図鑑AKBのthat's what I'm thinking. And this came out, the Graduation Dress Encyclopedia, AKB's【悲報】三宅香帆、本が多すぎて引っ越しが終わりません
- 20:50これ今の卒業はい何これ十八の時に出たんでThis, the current graduation, what is this, it came out when she was eighteen【マンゲキ風紀委員】コウノ委員長が抜き打ち鞄チェック!はじり&茶屋の私物を調査!
How it's said
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- Forms you'll hear
- 卒業して卒業する卒業した卒業したら卒業します卒業された
- Often heard with
- 大学を卒業23×大学卒業15×高校卒業13×学校を卒業9×高校を卒業7×
Related words
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