講

Vocabulary (12)

• 講会

  こうえ

  (Buddhist) lecture meeting

• 常勤講師

  じょうきんこうし

  (full-time) lecturer

• 長講一席

  ちょうこういっせき

  (make) a long talk (discourse, lecture)

• 比良八講

  ひらはっこう

  Buddhist service centred around the Lotus Sutra held over four days in Shiga Prefecture, starting from the 24th day of the second month of the lunisolar calendar

• 法華八講

  ほっけはっこう

  Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

• 富士講

  ふじこう

  Edo-period Shinto sect dedicated to the worship of Mt. Fuji

• 講書始

  こうしょはじめ

  Imperial New Year's Lectures (ceremony in which the emperor and members of the imperial family Their Majesties listen to expert lectures in the fields of human, social and natural sciences)

• 講談社

  こうだんしゃ

  Kodansha (publisher)

• 講道館

  こうどうかん

  Kodokan Judo Institute

• 皇典講究所

  こうてんこうきゅうしょ

  Research Institute for the Japanese Classics (1882-1946)

• 安田講堂

  やすだこうどう

  Yasuda Auditorium (at Tokyo University, site of violent student protest in 1969)

• 休講

  きゅうこう

  cancellation (of a lecture, class, etc.)