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    3. 博士

    博士

    博はか士せ

    expert

    N3KMT4News #4+1CoreEducationKanji Vocab15 strokes

    はかせ

    Noun

    1.
    expert, learned person

    Noun, Suffix

    2.
    doctor, PhD, Dr.
    colloquial

    Noun

    3.
    instructor at the imperial court (ritsuryō period)
    historical term
    4.
    pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.)

    Stroke 0 / 15

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    彼かれは物ぶつ理り学がくの博はか士せだ。

    He is a doctor of physics.

    KMT3EducationScience & Math
    博はか士せろ論ん文ぶんを完かん成せいさせるのに数すう年ねんかかった。

    It took several years to complete my doctoral dissertation.

    KMT4EducationWork & Career
    彼かの女じょは大だい学がくで博はか士せ号ごうを取しゅ得とくした。

    She obtained a doctorate at the university.

    KMT4Education
    博はか士せ課かて程いの学がく生せいは研けん究きゅうに没ぼっ頭とうしている。

    Doctoral students are engrossed in their research.

    KMT4EducationWork & Career
    その分ぶん野やの第だい一いち人にん者しゃである博はか士せが、新あたらしい理り論ろんを発はっ表ぴょうした。

    The doctor, a leading authority in that field, announced a new theory.

    KMT5EducationScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    博
    Dr.・command・esteem・win acclaim・Ph.D.…(2)
    士
    さむらい…(3)
    gentleman・scholar・samurai・samurai radical (no. 33)
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