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聴講生 (choukousei) Japanese meaning: auditor | Kotomora

聴ちょう講こう生せい

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Meanings

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auditor; auditing student

A student who attends a course without receiving official credit or a degree; common in university settings.

彼かれは聴ちょう講こう生せいとして大だい学がくの授じゅ業ぎょうに参さん

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He is attending university classes as an auditing student.

Kanji

聴listen, headstrong, naughty
講lecture, club, association
生life, genuine, birth

Related words

科か目もく等とう履り修しゅう生せい
A student who takes individual courses for credit, unlike 聴講生 who audits without credit.

Built from

聴ちょう講こう+生せい

Etymology

Compound of 聴講 (chōkō, 'attending a lecture') + 生 (sei, 'student').