学徒(がくと)

がくと
noun
student; scholar; learner
1. student; scholar; learner
a person devoted to study and learning, especially in an academic or scholarly context
学徒(がくと)動員(どういん)で多(おお)くの若者(わかもの)が戦場(せんじょう)に送(おく)られた。
Many young people were sent to the battlefield through student mobilization.
彼(かれ)は法学(ほうがく)の学徒(がくと)として研��(けんさん)を積(つ)んだ。
He trained diligently as a student of law.
若(わか)き学徒(がくと)たちが新(あたら)しい時代(じだい)の学問(がくもん)を切(き)り開(ひら)いていった。
Young scholars pioneered new fields of study for a new era.

A formal and somewhat literary word for students or scholars. Most strongly associated with the historical term 学徒(がくと)動員(どういん) (student mobilization), which refers to the conscription of university students into military service during World War II.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 学徒(がくと)動員(どういん): student mobilization (WWII term)
  • 学徒(がくと)出陣(しゅつじん): students going off to war
  • 法学(ほうがく)の学徒(がくと): student of law

HISTORICAL NOTE:
学徒(がくと)動員(どういん) (1943-1945) was a wartime policy that drafted university and higher school students into factories and eventually into combat. It remains a significant topic in Japanese war history and is frequently referenced in historical discussions and memorials.

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 学生(がくせい): student — the standard modern word for a student
  • 生徒(せいと): pupil, student — used mainly for secondary school students
  • 学者(がくしゃ): scholar — an established academic or researcher
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