Dictionary/奨学しょうがくShougaku奨学 (Shougaku) is a Japanese noun meaning “encouragement to study”.Meaningsnounencouragement to studyKanji in 奨学奨exhort学studyRelated words学校school大学university学生student (esp. a university student)学ぶto learn小学校primary school中学junior high school学園educational institution学learning小学生elementary school student留学studying abroad中学生junior high school student勧めるto recommend (someone to do)