noun
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.
彼は今、大学の三回生です。
He is now a third-year university student.
三回生になると、就職活動が本格化する。
When you become a third-year student, job hunting gets into full swing.
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.