Illustration: Inside a small Japanese bicycle repair shop, a mechanic leans over a bicycle secured in a repair stand, both hands occupied with the rear derailleur. An assistant stands beside the mechanic, directing a compact work light precisely at the mechanism while offering the needed spanner handle-first.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

助じょ手しゅ

joshu

assistant, helper

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは助手じょしゅを探さがしている。

    I am looking for an assistant.

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  2. 彼かれは私わたしを助手じょしゅにしました。

    He made me his assistant.

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  3. 彼かれは考古学者こうこがくしゃの助手じょしゅである。

    He is an archeologist’s assistant.

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Kanji in 助手

  • 助help; rescueOnジョKunたすける・たすかる・すける
  • 手handOnシュ・ズKunて・て-・た-

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