How are the following verbs which are related to learning different to each other?
- 勉強する
- 習う
- 学ぶ
Answer
学ぶ
The original character is: 學
Meaning 2 hands writing characters and teaching a child
学ぶ is to imitate (or assimilate and repeat) what the teacher says. Study a subject from a teacher.
Most meaningful examples:
私たちは学ぶために学校に行く (We go to school to learn.)
私は日本語を学びはじめてから４０年になる (It is forty years since I began the study of Japanese.)
英語を学び始めた (I started to learn English)
習う
This character is composed of 羽 (wings) and 白 (clear/understand)
It shows how to learn by repeated practice like a small bird learning to fly.
Most meaningful examples:
バイクの乗り方を習う (learning to ride a bike)
車の運転を習っていない (I haven't learned to drive - I can't drive)
書道を習うのは楽しい (Learning calligraphy is fun.)
勉強する
勉 = make an effort 強 = powerful
It came to be used for "to study" but outside the class. Nobody teaches you, you "force" yourself to study something, do you homework, assimilate a lesson...etc.
Most meaningful examples:
先生は私にもっと勉強するようにと言った (The teacher told me study harder.)
これからもっと勉強します (I'll study harder in future)
Examples taken from EDICT and organized for this answer in the correct categories.
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