Word Meaning 苦学生

くがくせい kugakusei

苦学生 is read as くがくせい (kugakusei) and means self-supporting student.

Meaning

English

self-supporting student
working student

Reading

Kana

くがくせい

Romaji

kugakusei

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 66887 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

苦学

くがく

studying under adversity

苦学力行

くがくりっこう

strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties

留学生

りゅうがくせい

overseas student

学生

がくせい

student (esp. a university student)

中学生

ちゅうがくせい

junior high school student

小学生

しょうがくせい

elementary school student

大学生

だいがくせい

university student

女学生

じょがくせい

schoolgirl

小中学生

しょうちゅうがくせい

elementary and middle school pupils

生化学

せいかがく

biochemistry

生活苦

せいかつく

hardships of life (esp. due to lack of money)

生態学

せいたいがく

ecology

Example Sentences

あおいは、苦学生だから、そんな高級なもの、持てないです。

I'm a self-supporting student so I can't have that sort of high class thing.

バイトで学費を稼ぎながら大学に通ってる。まあ苦学生ってとこかな。

I pay my university fees to go to university by part-time work. Well, I'm a 'working student' I suppose.