顧こ問もん

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Meanings

A person who provides expert advice to an organization, company, or individual, often in an official or formal capacity.

彼かれは会かい社しゃの顧こ問もんとして経けい営えい陣じんに助じょ言げんしている。
He advises the management as a company consultant.
法ほう律りつ顧こ問もんに相そう談だんしてから契けい約やくを結むすんだ。
We consulted the legal adviser before signing the contract.

noun

school club supervisor; faculty adviser

Typically a teacher who oversees a school club, providing guidance and administrative support rather than direct coaching.

野や球きゅう部ぶの顧こ問もんの先せん生せいが練れん習しゅうを見みに来きた。
The baseball club's faculty adviser came to watch practice.
彼かれは茶さ道どう部ぶの顧こ問もんを務つとめている。
He serves as the supervisor of the tea ceremony club.

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Usage patterns

〈組そ織しき〉の顧こ問もんを務つとめるto serve as an adviser to an organization
彼かれはその会かい社しゃの顧こ問もんを務つとめている。
He serves as an adviser to that company.
顧こ問もんに就しゅう任にんするto take up the post of adviser
彼かの女じょは退たい職しょく後ご、大だい学がくの顧こ問もんに就しゅう任にんした。
After retiring, she took up the post of university adviser.
〈人ひと〉を顧こ問もんに迎むかえるto bring someone on board as an adviser
会かい社しゃは有ゆう名めいな経けい済ざい学がく者しゃを顧こ問もんに迎むかえた。
The company brought in a famous economist as an adviser.
〈部ぶ活かつ〉の顧こ問もんをするto serve as the supervising teacher for a school club
田た中なか先せん生せいはサッカー部ぶの顧こ問もんをしている。
Mr. Tanaka is the supervising teacher for the soccer club.

Kanji

顧look back, review, examine oneself
問question, ask, problem

Related words· 9

相そう談だん役やく sense 1
相談役 usually names a senior, sometimes honorary advisory post inside a company, while 顧問 is the broader, more common term for an adviser or consultant.
アドバイザー sense 1
アドバイザー is a casual loanword for someone giving advice, whereas 顧問 carries a stronger sense of an official, formally appointed advisory role.
コンサルタントN1sense 1
コンサルタント usually refers to a paid professional hired for specific expert advice, while 顧問 is a broader title for an ongoing advisory position.
参さん与よ
顧問 is the common word for an advisor or consultant retained by an organization, while 参与 is a more formal title often used for official councillor positions.

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ブレーン
顧問 is an official adviser or consultant title, while ブレーン emphasizes the person's role in supplying strategic ideas rather than a formal position.
評ひょう議ぎ員いん
顧問 is an advisor, often an external expert, whereas 評議員 is a formal member of a council or board.
参さん謀ぼう
顧問 is a formally titled adviser or consultant, whereas 参謀 stresses behind-the-scenes strategic planning rather than an official position.
相そう談だん相あい手てN2
顧問 is a professional or official consultant/advisor role, while 相談相手 is a personal, often close relationship.
参さん事じ
顧問 is an outside or in-house advisor consulted on specific matters, while 参事 is a formal title held as a regular staff position.

Don't confuse with

顧こ客きゃく sense 1
顧問 (an adviser) and 顧客 (a customer/client) share the kanji 顧 and can be misread, but they refer to completely different roles.

Word family· 10

副ふく顧こ問もん
assistant counsel; deputy counsel; sub-adviser
顧こ問もん団だん
advisory body; think tank
顧こ問もん官かん
councillor; councilor; advisor
技ぎ術じゅつ顧こ問もん
technical advisor; expert advisor
投とう資し顧こ問もん
investment advisor; financial adviser

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最さい高こう顧こ問もん
senior advisor; chief advisor
特とく別べつ顧こ問もん
special advisor; special adviser
軍ぐん事じ顧こ問もん
military adviser
顧こ問もん契けい約やく
consulting agreement; advisory contract
顧こ問もん弁べん護ご士し
legal adviser; corporation lawyer; family lawyer

Etymology

From Middle Chinese 顧問 (kuH mjunH, 'to look back and ask; to consult'). The Japanese reading こもん is the go-on pronunciation. The word originally meant 'to inquire' and later developed the nominal sense of 'one who is consulted; adviser'.