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卒業生 (sotsugyousei) Japanese meaning: graduate | Kotomora
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がく
の
卒そつ
業ぎょう
生せい
です
。
He is a graduate of the University of Tokyo.
Many alumni attended the reunion.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 の 卒そつ 業ぎょう 生せい a graduate of 〈place/school〉
He is a graduate of this university.
卒そつ 業ぎょう 生せい を 送おく る to send off graduates (e.g. at a ceremony)
The teachers took part in the ceremony to send off the graduates.
卒そつ 業ぎょう 生せい 代だい 表ひょう graduate representative (who gives a speech at graduation)
She gave a speech as the graduate representative.
Kanji 卒 graduate, soldier, private 業 business, vocation, arts Related words 卒業生 specifically means someone who graduated, whereas 出身者 more broadly means someone who is originally from a place or institution, whether or not they formally graduated.
卒業生 is the neutral word for any graduate, while ＯＢ specifically implies a former member who still has ties to the organization, such as a company or club.
Opposites 卒業生 is someone who has already graduated, while 在学生 is a student currently enrolled at the school.
新入生 are students who have just entered a school, while 卒業生 are students who have finished and left it.
Etymology Compound of 卒業 (graduation) + 生 (student/person). The reading is standard on'yomi.
