見み習ならい

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

Meanings

1

apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation

Refers to the period or system of training where a beginner learns by watching and assisting a skilled person.

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He started as an apprentice to become a chef.

見み習ならい期き間かんは三さんヶか月げつです。

The probation period is three months.

2

A person who is learning a trade or skill under supervision; often used with professions like chef, carpenter, or office worker.

〈職しょく業ぎょう〉の見み習ならいan apprentice of a certain trade/profession
彼かれは大だい工くの見み習ならいとして働はたらいている。
He is working as an apprentice carpenter.
見み習ならいとして〈場ば所しょ〉で働はたらくto work somewhere as an apprentice/trainee
彼かの女じょはホテルで見み習ならいとして働はたらいている。
She is working as a trainee at a hotel.
見み習ならい期き間かんを終おえるto finish one's apprenticeship/probation period
彼かれは見み習ならい期き間かんを終おえて正せい社しゃ員いんになった。
He finished his probation period and became a full-time employee.
見み習ならいを始はじめるto begin an apprenticeship
彼かの女じょは十じゅう六ろく歳さいで寿す司し職しょく人にんの見み習ならいを始はじめた。
She started her apprenticeship as a sushi chef at sixteen.

弟で子しN1sense 2
弟子 emphasizes a close master-disciple bond, especially in traditional arts or crafts, while 見習い is a broader term for anyone training on the job.
研けん修しゅう生せい sense 2
研修生 refers to a trainee in a formal, structured company program, whereas 見習い can be more informal and centers on learning by watching.
実じっ習しゅう生せい sense 2
実習生 is a trainee doing hands-on practical training (often as part of a course or internship), while 見習い stresses observing and assisting a skilled person.
小こ僧ぞう
見習い is the neutral modern word for an apprentice, while 小僧 in this sense is an old-fashioned, often condescending term for a shop boy.

見み習ならうN2
見習う is the verb meaning 'to learn by observation/emulate', while 見習い is the noun for the apprentice or the training period itself.

行ぎょう儀ぎ見み習ならい
learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)

Compound of 見 (mi, 'seeing') + 習い (narai, 'learning'), literally 'learning by watching'.