Word Meaning 助手

じょしゅ joshu

助手 is read as じょしゅ (joshu) and means assistant.

Meaning

English

  1. assistant
  2. helper
  3. assistant (to a professor)
  4. research assistant

Reading

Kana

じょしゅ

Romaji

joshu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 2440 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

助け手

たすけて

helper

助手席

じょしゅせき

passenger seat

外国語指導助手

がいこくごしどうじょしゅ

assistant language teacher

手助け

てだすけ

a help

助言

じょげん

advice

助ける

たすける

to help

助かる

たすかる

to be helped

助っ人

すけっと

foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)

助力

じょりょく

assistance

助け合う

たすけあう

to help each other

助成

じょせい

assisting

助役

じょやく

assistant official

Example Sentences

8

Tom is my assistant.

Mina became a nurse's aid.

The bag I left on the passenger seat is missing!

Tom is Mary's assistant.

I need an assistant who speaks Korean.

I need an assistant who speaks Korean.

He trusts his assistant quite a lot.

"I'm working as a nursing assistant now." "What does that entail?" "I move patients so that they don't get bedsore, change their diapers, and help them use the bathroom and eat too." "Do you find it enjoyable?" "I don't know about enjoyable, but I think it's an important job." "Ah, gotcha, well keep it up!"