教官(きょうかん)

きょうかん
noun
instructor (driving school, military)
occupationeducation
1. instructor; drill instructor
An instructor at a training institution: a driving school, the Self-Defense Forces, the police academy or a flight school. Formerly also a teacher at a national university, a use found in older texts.
教習所(きょうしゅうじょ)の教官(きょうかん)は厳(きび)しかった。
The driving school instructor was strict.
教官(きょうかん)の指示(しじ)に従(したが)ってください。
Please follow the instructor's directions.
自衛隊(じえいたい)の訓練(くんれん)では、教官(きょうかん)が新人(しんじん)隊員(たいいん)に基本(きほん)動作(どうさ)を一(いち)から叩(たた)き込(こ)む。
In Self-Defense Forces training, instructors drill the basic movements into new recruits from scratch.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 指導員(しどういん): instructor, coach — the official title at most driving schools today, though people still say 教官(きょうかん)
  • 教員(きょういん): teacher — a member of a school's teaching staff
  • 講師(こうし): lecturer — gives classes or talks

Related Words

Compare: 教員(きょういん) (teacher)
Compare: 講師(こうし) (lecturer)
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