助手(じょしゅ)

じょしゅ
noun
assistant, helper
academicoccupationwork
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

Usage

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)

Related Words

Compare: アシスタント (assistant)
Compare: 補助(ほじょ) (assistance, support)
Compare: 補佐(ほさ) (assistance, aide, assistant)
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Added 2026.1.12 15:35 · Revised 2026.9.4 21:29
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