How to Say "History Class" in Japanese

歴史の授業

rekishi no jugyō

The English phrase "history class" is translated into Japanese as 歴史の授業 (rekishi no jugyō).

歴史の授業 is used to refer to a lesson or course in which students learn about past events.

What does it mean word for word?

The phrase is composed of 歴史 (rekishi), meaning 'history', the particle の (no), meaning 'of' and 授業 (jugyō), meaning 'class' or 'lesson'.

The particle の is required to connect the noun 歴史 to the noun 授業 to indicate that the class is about history.

rekishi no jugyō

In Japanese schools, 歴史 is often split into two distinct classes: 日本史 for Japanese history and 世界史 for world history.
The kanji for 歴史 (rekishi) contains the character 史, which originally referred to a court scribe or a professional record keeper.
The word 歴史 (rekishi) shares the same Kanji characters used for 'history' in other East Asian languages like Chinese, though the pronunciation changes.

今日トムって歴史の授業の時にいた？
Was Tom in history class today?
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歴史の授業は９時に始まります。
The history class starts at nine.
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僕は毎週火曜日に歴史の授業を受けます。
I have history class every Tuesday.
高校の歴史科の授業は難しいですが、とても興味深いです。
History course classes in high school are difficult but very interesting.
歴史の授業はとても面白いです。
Rekishi no jugyō wa totemo omoshiroi desu.
History class is very interesting.

Two students are talking in the school hallway.

結衣 Yui

健太くん、次の時間は何？
Kenta-kun, tsugi no jikan wa nani?
Kenta, what is your next class?
健太 Kenta

次は歴史の授業だよ。
Tsugi wa rekishi no jugyō dayo.
Next is history class.
結衣 Yui

いいな。私もそれが大好き！
Ii na. Watashi mo sore ga daisuki!
Lucky. I love that class too!
健太 Kenta

じゃあ、一緒に教室に行こう。
Jaa, issho ni kyōshitsu ni ikō.
Then, let's go to the classroom together.

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