書しょ生せい

noun

student (dated)

Dated term for a student, especially from the Meiji and Taishō eras. In modern Japanese, 学生 (がくせい) is the standard word.

• 明めい治じ時じ代だい、多おおくの書しょ生せいが東とう京きょうの大だい学がくを目め指ざした。

  In the Meiji era, many students aimed for universities in Tokyo.

noun

live-in student helper; houseboy attending school

A student who does housework in exchange for room and board while attending school. This arrangement was common in the Meiji and Taishō periods.

• 彼かれは書しょ生せいとして先せん生せいの家いえに住すみ込こみ、家か事じを手伝てつだいながら勉べん強きょうした。

  He lived in his teacher's house as a live-in student helper, studying while helping with the housework.