キャンパス
Meaning in Englishcampus
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What it means
What does キャンパス mean? A loanword used in Japanese to denote either the campus of a university or a painting canvas; in practice, it most often refers to a university campus, while in art contexts it denotes the painting surface.
Main meanings
- University campus: the grounds, buildings, and facilities of a college or university.
- Canvas: the surface used for painting, typically referenced in art discussions.
- Campus life: the social and academic environment experienced by students on a university campus.
How to use it
Used across formal and informal registers to refer to either a university campus or a painter's canvas; in academic writing, 大学のキャンパス is common; in art discussions, キャンパス denotes the painting surface; common collocations include 大学のキャンパス, キャンパスライフ.
Variants and close terms
- 学園 (gakuen) — campus, school grounds
- 校地 (kōchi) — school grounds
- キャンパス (kyanpasu) — loanword; campus or canvas
Etymology
loanword kyanpasu from English campus, adapted to Japanese phonology.
Origin
Meiji period onward, as Japan modernized and absorbed Western educational terms, キャンパス began to be used to refer to university campuses; the sense for canvas emerges in art contexts in later decades.
Word class
Noun (名詞)