third-year university student; junior
Used primarily in Japanese university contexts to refer to a student in their third year of a four-year program. Equivalent to 'junior' in the American system.
He is now a third-year university student.
When you become a third-year student, job hunting gets into full swing.
Fourth-year university student (senior).
Standard kanji spelling for a third-year university student.
Numerical variant; common in informal or abbreviated contexts.
Compound of 三 (san, 'three'), 回 (kai, counter for occurrences/years), and 生 (sei, 'student'). The term follows the pattern of 一回生, 二回生, etc., used in some Japanese universities to denote year of study.