Illustration: In a Japanese school robotics club room, students gather around their small wheeled robot while the club’s adult adviser kneels beside the workbench. The adviser points to a wheel rubbing against the chassis and demonstrates the needed clearance with two fingers.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

顧こ問もん

komon

adviser, consultant

Example sentences

会社かいしゃは彼かれを顧問こもんとして雇やとった。
The company engaged him as an advisor.
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社長しゃちょうは会議かいぎのために顧問こもんたちを集あつめた。
The president assembled his advisers for a conference.
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特別とくべつ顧問こもんには青木保文化庁長官あおきたもつぶんかちょうちょうかんが就任しゅうにんしている。
Tamotsu AOKI, the Director General of the Agency for Cultural Affairs, has taken office as a special advisor.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 顧問

顧look back; reviewOnコKunかえりみる
問question; askOnモンKunとう・とい・とん

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