Where does “院生” come from?

院生 (Japanese) comes from Japanese 大学院生, from Japanese 生, from Japanese 生き, from Japanese 生く — to live; to exist; to keep alive; to grow or...

院生 (Japanese): graduate student

Definitions

  1. graduate student

Ancestry of “院生”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese大学院生graduate student
2Japanese生a raw, uncooked state; Short for 生ビール; live
3Japanese生きliving; life, living; freshness
4Japanese生くto live; to exist; to keep alive; to grow or...
Every word from Japanese 生く →Every word from Japanese 生き →Every word from Japanese 生 →