| Word | Reading | Meaning |
| 卒業 | そつぎょう | graduation, completion (e.g. of a course); outgrowing something, moving on |
| 大卒 | だいそつ | university graduate |
| 高卒 | こうそつ | high school graduate |
| 新卒 | しんそつ | new (recent) graduate |
| 学卒 | がくそつ | college graduate |
| 脳卒中 | のうそっちゅう | stroke, cerebral haemorrhage, cerebral hemorrhage |
| 中卒 | ちゅうそつ | junior high school or middle school graduate |
| 卒 | そつ | low-ranking soldier; graduation; low-ranking samurai (1870-1872); death (of a noble, etc.) |
| 卒する | そっする | to die, to pass away |
| 卒がない | そつがない | cautious, careful, shrewd, without error, without slip |