徒と弟てい

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Meanings

Refers to a person learning a trade or art under a master, often in a traditional or skilled craft context. Slightly formal; in everyday conversation 弟子 (でし) is more common.

彼かれは若わかいころ、大だい工くの徒と弟ていとして修しゅう業ぎょうした。
When he was young, he trained as a carpenter's apprentice.
その陶とう芸げい家かは数すう人にんの徒と弟ていを抱かかえている。
The potter has several apprentices.