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    3. 弟子入り

    弟子入り

    弟で子し入いり​

    becoming a pupil (of)

    KMT10News #41+1CoreNoun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEducationKanji Vocab14 strokes

    でしいり

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    becoming a pupil (of), becoming an apprentice

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    彼かれは有ゆう名めいな職しょ人くに弟ん子でし入いりした。

    He became an apprentice to a famous craftsman.

    KMT8EducationWork & Career
    彼かれは料りょう理りの腕うでを磨みがくため、有ゆう名めいシェフに弟で子し入いりした。

    He became an apprentice to a famous chef to hone his cooking skills.

    KMT9EducationFood & DiningWork & Career
    弟で子し入いりを志し願がんする若わか者ものが増ふえている。

    The number of young people aspiring to become apprentices is increasing.

    KMT10EducationWork & Career
    伝でん統とう芸げい能のうの世せ界かいでは、師し匠しょうへの弟で子し入いりが技ぎ術じゅつ習しゅう得とくの唯ゆい一いつの道みちとされることが多おおい。

    In the world of traditional arts, becoming an apprentice to a master is often considered the only way to acquire skills.

    KMT10EducationCulture & TraditionsArt & Design
    弟で子し入いりを許ゆるされた者ものは、師し匠しょうの家いえで住すみ込こみで働はたらくのが一いっ般ぱん的てきだった。

    It was common for those permitted to become apprentices to live and work at the master's house.

    KMT10EducationCulture & TraditionsHistory

    Characters that make up this word

    弟
    おとうと…(4)
    younger brother・faithful service to elders
    Kanji
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
    Kanji
    入
    い.る・-い.る・-い.り・い.れる・-い.れ・はい.る…(7)
    enter・insert
    Kanji
    り
    ri
    Kana
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