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First opened Monday, May 7, 2018

助教授

じょきょうじゅ

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assistant professor

JLPT N2Commonnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)漢語 · Sino-Japanese

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Written with 助教授

In a sentence

  • 私(わたし)は教授(きょうじゅ)です、いやもっと正確(せいかく)に言(い)えば、助教授(じょきょうじゅ)です。

    I'm a professor, or rather an associate professor, to be exact.

    Tatoeba #157593, translation #256938

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What Wiktionary says

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What the labels mean

漢語 Sino-Japanese
Words built from Chinese-derived morphemes — borrowed from Chinese or coined in Japan out of Chinese parts — read with on'yomi.

Also opened on May 7

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