社会科学 (shakaikagaku) means “social science”

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社会科学は、人間の社会や制度を研究する学問です。sha kai ka gaku wa nin gen no sha kai ya sei do o ken kyū su ru gaku mon de su

Social science is the study of human societies and institutions.

Covers the systematic study of how people live together and how societies are organized and change.

人間の社会生活や社会の仕組みを研究する学問の総称。nin gen no sha kai sei katsu ya sha kai no shi ku mi o ken kyū su ru gaku mon no sō shō

社会科学 (shakaikagaku) combines 社会 (shakai, "society") and 科学 (kagaku, "science") to name the systematic study of society.

In English, social science is often treated as a field of study, while social sciences can refer to its separate disciplines such as economics, politics, and sociology.