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研修生 (kenshuusei) Japanese meaning: trainee | Kotomora

研けん修しゅう生せい

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Meanings

1

Refers to a person undergoing training, often in a company, technical program, or internship.

彼かれは研けん修しゅう生せいとして会かい社しゃに入はいった。

He joined the company as a trainee.

研けん修しゅう生せいは毎まい日にちレポートを提てい出しゅつしなければならない。

Trainees must submit a report every day.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉で研けん修しゅう生せいとして働はたらくto work as a trainee at 〈place〉
彼かれは病びょう院いんで研けん修しゅう生せいとして働はたらいている。
He is working as a trainee at a hospital.
研けん修しゅう生せいを募ぼ集しゅうするto recruit trainees
その会かい社しゃは毎まい年ねん研けん修しゅう生せいを募ぼ集しゅうしている。
That company recruits trainees every year.
研けん修しゅう生せいを受うけ入いれるto accept/take in trainees
この工こう場じょうは海かい外がいからの研けん修しゅう生せいを受うけ入いれている。
This factory accepts trainees from overseas.

Kanji

研polish, study of, sharpen
修discipline, conduct oneself well, study
生life, genuine, birth

Related words

実じっ習しゅう生せい
実習生 stresses hands-on, practical training (e.g. on a hospital ward or factory floor), while 研修生 is a broader term that can also cover classroom-style training.
インターンN3
インターン is a loanword typically used for short-term student internships, whereas 研修生 is a more general, often longer-term term for company or program trainees.
見み習ならいN1
見習い emphasizes learning a trade or skill by observing and assisting a senior, while 研修生 focuses on formal enrollment in a training program.

Don't confuse with

研けん究きゅう生せい
研究生 (けんきゅうせい) refers to a research student at a university, while 研修生 (けんしゅうせい) refers to a trainee in a company or technical program; the words look and sound very similar but differ in kanji and meaning.

Counted with

名めいN2
For people in formal contexts, but ordinary headcount speech often uses 人 instead.

Built from

研けん修しゅう+生せい

Etymology

Compound of 研修 (training, study) + 生 (student, person).