🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

研修生

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kenshūsei

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Trainee/treɪˈniː/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"研修生は多くのことを学んでいます。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who is undergoing training for a particular job or profession.

    "The company hired several trainees to learn the ropes of the business."
  2. 2

    A person who is learning a skill or trade under the guidance of a more experienced individual.

    "As a trainee chef, she spent hours perfecting her knife skills."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'trainee' originates from the verb 'train', which comes from the Old French 'trainer' meaning 'to drag or pull'. The suffix '-ee' denotes a person who is the recipient of an action, thus 'trainee' refers to someone who is being trained, a usage that became common in the 20th century.

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