How to say "apprentice" in Japanese

• 徒弟とていCommon
  nounAn apprentice in the classic sense: someone bound to a master to learn a craft or trade under him; the word evokes the traditional master-apprentice relationship.
• 内弟子うちでしCommon
  nounAn apprentice or pupil taken into the master's own household, training and typically living there under his personal instruction; choose it when 'apprentice' implies that live-in arrangement.
  内弟子うちでしとは師しと寝食しんしょくをともにし、あらゆる武術ぶじゅつのノウハウと秘伝ひでんを伝つたえる制度せいどだ。↗

  Apprenticeship is a system where you eat, sleep and live with your master and are taught various martial arts know-how and secrets.
• 弟子でしCommon
  no-adjectiveEssentially 'pupil' or 'disciple': someone who studies under a teacher or master. It stresses the personal bond rather than job training, so it is often not the word you want for 'apprentice'.
  イエスも、また弟子でしたちも、その婚礼こんれいに招まねかれた。↗

  And Jesus and his disciples had also been invited to the wedding.
• 見習いみならいCommon
  nounCovers 'apprentice' in the workplace sense: a trainee or probationer still learning the basics of a job or craft under supervision, not yet a fully skilled worker.

Use 「見習い」 for a workplace trainee still learning a job, 内弟子 for an apprentice living and training in a master's household, 徒弟 for a traditional craft apprentice, and 弟子 mainly for 'pupil' or 'disciple'.

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• 徒弟とていapprentice
• 内弟子うちでしprivate pupil
• 弟子でしpupil
• 丁稚でっちapprentice
• 年期者ねんきものapprentice
• 見習工みならいこうapprentice
• 見習いみならいapprentice
• 小僧こぞうyoung shop-boy