助手(じょしゅ)

じょしゅ
noun
assistant, helper
1. assistant, helper
A person who helps another, especially in professional or academic contexts.
教授(きょうじゅ)の助手(じょしゅ)として働(はたら)いている。
I'm working as a professor's assistant.
助手席(じょしゅせき)に座(すわ)ってください。
Please sit in the passenger seat.
研究(けんきゅう)助手(じょしゅ)を募集(ぼしゅう)しています。
We are recruiting research assistants.
助手席(じょしゅせき)に荷物(にもつ)を置(お)いてもいいですか。
May I put my luggage on the passenger seat?
大学院(だいがくいん)を卒業(そつぎょう)した後(あと)、助手(じょしゅ)として研究室(けんきゅうしつ)に残(のこ)ることになった。
After graduating from graduate school, I ended up staying in the lab as an assistant.

助手(じょしゅ) refers to someone who assists another person in their work.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 研究(けんきゅう)助手(じょしゅ) (research assistant)
  • 教授(きょうじゅ)の助手(じょしゅ) (professor's assistant)
  • 助手席(じょしゅせき) (passenger seat - literally "assistant's seat")

USAGE NOTE:
助手席(じょしゅせき) (passenger seat) comes from the idea that the front passenger could assist the driver. This term is commonly used in everyday Japanese.

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 助手(じょしゅ): assistant (academic, professional)
  • アシスタント: assistant (borrowed from English, broader use)
  • 補助(ほじょ): assistance, support (more abstract)
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Added 2026.1.12 15:35 · Revised 2026.2.28 14:39
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