Japanese edit

For pronunciation and definitions of そつぎょう – see the following entry.
卒業
[noun] graduation
[noun] outgrowth
[noun] (Japanese entertainment) graduation (leaving a group)
[verb] to graduate
[verb] to outgrow
[verb] (Japanese entertainment) to graduate (leave a group)
Alternative spelling
卆業
(This term, そつぎょう, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)