Meaning

Primary

Assistant

Alternatives

Helper, Aide

Word Type

noun

Explanation

Remember how can mean a "doer" in some words? What do you think your help doer is? It’s someone who helps you, so it’s your assistant, helper, or aid.

Reading

じょしゅ
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This is a jukugo word that uses the on'yomi readings of the kanji. You learned the on'yomi reading of with the vocabulary word 投手.

Context

Pattern of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 助手をする

    to serve as an assistant

    助手を見る

    to look at an assistant

    助手をつとめる

    to work as an assistant

Context Sentences

弟は心理学者の助手です。

My brother is an assistant of a psychologist.

私の助手は三人の子の母でもあります。

My assistant is also the mother of three children.

社長の助手として、コーヒーを買ってきたり、電話に出たりします。

As the president's assistant, I do things like getting coffee and answering the phone for them.

仮に私が首になった助手の助手だとしたら、それってつまり私も首になっちゃったってこと?

If I'm the assistant to an assistant who was just fired, does that mean that I’m fired too?

Kanji Composition