What is the romanized Japanese word for "university"?

The story behind the answer

Daigaku is correct: it’s the romanized form of 大学, where dai means “great/big” and gaku means “learning,” literally “great learning” = university. The other options are different places you might find on campus: shokudou (食堂) is a cafeteria, toshokan (図書館) is a library, and jimusho (事務所) is an office.

Tip to remember: think “DAI = big” and “GAKU = academics,” so DAIGAKU = big academics → university. You’ll see gaku in many study-related words, like kagaku (science) and bungaku (literature). Related terms include daigakusei (大学生, university student) and daigakuin (大学院, graduate school).