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    3. 司書

    司書

    司し書しょ

    librarian

    KMT9News #32+1Ref L2NounEducationWork & CareerKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ししょ

    Noun

    1.
    librarian

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    司し書しょは本ほんを整せい理りする仕し事ごとです。

    A librarian's job is to organize books.

    KMT7Work & CareerEducation
    図と書しょ館かんの司し書しょに、調しらべたい本ほんの場ば所しょを尋たずねた。

    I asked the librarian at the library where the book I wanted to research was.

    KMT9Work & CareerEducation
    彼かの女じょは長なが年ねんの経けい験けんを持もつベテラン司し書しょだ。

    She is a veteran librarian with many years of experience.

    KMT9Work & Career
    学がっ校こうの司し書しょは、生せい徒とたちの読どく書しょ習しゅう慣かんを育はぐくむ重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを果はたす。

    School librarians play an important role in fostering students' reading habits.

    KMT9EducationWork & Career
    現げん代だいの司し書しょは、情じょう報ほう検けん索さくだけでなくデジタルアーカイブの管かん理りも担になっている。

    Modern librarians are responsible not only for information retrieval but also for managing digital archives.

    KMT10Work & CareerTechnologyEducation

    Kanji that make up this word

    司
    つかさど.る…(4)
    director・official・govt office・rule・administer
    書
    か.く・-が.き・-がき…(2)
    write
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