How to say "trainee" in Japanese

• 研修員けんしゅういんCommon
  nounA trainee in the sense of someone enrolled in an organized training program, often at a workplace or institution; it presents the trainee as holding a designated status rather than being a hands-on beginner.
• 見習いみならいCommon
  nounCovers 'trainee' in the apprentice sense: a beginner learning a trade or skill by working under and observing an experienced practitioner, not yet fully qualified; for formal program participants, 研修員 fits better.

Use 研修員 for a person enrolled in a formal training program, typically at a company or institution; use 「見習い」 for a beginner learning a trade or skill hands-on under an experienced worker — the apprentice sense of 'trainee'.

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• 研修員けんしゅういんtrainee
• 教習生きょうしゅうせいtrainee
• 研修生けんしゅうせいtrainee
• 実習生じっしゅうせいtrainee
• 訓練生くんれんせいtrainee
• トレーニーtrainee
• 練習生れんしゅうせいstudent
• 被教育者ひきょういくしゃstudent
• 見習いみならいapprentice