[おとうと(P);おと;おとと(ik);てい, otouto (P); oto ; ototo (ik); tei] (n) (1) (hum) younger brother; (2) (てい only) (arch) pupil; apprentice; (P) #1845
[でし(P);ていし, deshi (P); teishi] (n, adj-no) pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person; teacher's student-helper; (P) #3658
[しじ, shiji] (n, vs) study under; looking up; apprentice oneself; (P) #7031
[don] (pref) (1) very; totally; (2) (See 殿・どの) polite suffix used after a person's name (often of an apprentice; used much more broadly in southern Kyushu); (n, adv-to) (3) bang (e.g. of large drum, signal pistol, etc.); with a thud; sound when slamming something down #10248
[つく, tsuku] (v5k) (1) (See 付く・つく・1) to ascend (the throne); to accede; (2) (就く only) to take (seat, position, course, etc.); to assume; (3) (就く only) to start (on a journey); to commence; to depart; (4) (就く only) to study (under teacher); to be an apprentice; (P) #12618
[みならい, minarai] (n) learn by observation; apprentice; (P) #14228
[まいこ;ぶぎ(舞妓), maiko ; bugi ( maiko )] (n) (1) apprentice geisha; (2) dancing girl #16681
[おたな, otana] (n) (1) (See 店・たな) merchant's home (esp. used by apprentices, etc.); (2) (your) rental home
[おれいぼうこう, oreiboukou] (n) free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
[したぞり, shitazori] (n, vs) barber's apprentice
[かじみならい, kajiminarai] (n) apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping
[つとめあげる, tsutomeageru] (v1, vt) to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
[つとめぼうこう, tsutomeboukou] (n) apprenticeship
[えりがえ, erigae] (n) (See 半玉, 舞子・1) becoming a geisha (of a geisha apprentice)
[あにでし, anideshi] (n) senior schoolmate; senior apprentice
[きょうだいでし, kyoudaideshi] (n) fellow pupil (apprentice)
[みならいこう, minaraikou] (n) apprentice
[おしゃく, oshaku] (n, vs) (1) pouring alcohol; (2) person pouring alcohol for guests or customers (typically a woman); (3) (apprentice) geisha; dancing girl
[ぎょうぎみならい, gyougiminarai] (n) learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
[こじょく, kojoku] (n) (1) (arch) girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel); (2) (arch) (derog) (See 小童・こわっぱ) brat; scamp; rascal; jackanapes; (3) (arch) (original meaning) disciple; apprentice
[すうぎ, suugi] (n) (See 半玉) child geisha; geisha apprentice
[でっち, decchi] (n) apprentice; shop boy
[でっちぼうこう, decchiboukou] (n, vs) apprenticeship
[でしいり, deshiiri] (n, vs) apprenticeship; enrolling; (P)
[とてい, totei] (n) apprentice
[とていせいど, toteiseido] (n) an apprentice system; apprenticeship
[うちでし, uchideshi] (n) private pupil; apprentice
[ねんきもの, nenkimono] (n) apprentice
[ねんき, nenki] (n) (1) period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); (2) (abbr) (See 年季奉公) apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture; (3) (年期 only) one-year period
[ねんきぼうこう, nenkiboukou] (n) apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
[はんたま, hantama] (n) child geisha; apprentice entertainer
[ほうこう, houkou] (n, vs) service; apprenticeship; public duty; (P)
[ほうばい, houbai] (n) comrade; friend; associate; colleague; fellow student; fellow apprentice
[もんをたたく, monwotataku] (exp, v5k) (1) to knock at the gate; (2) to request an apprenticeship; to ask to be made a pupil
[れいぼうこう, reiboukou] (n) (See お礼奉公) free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship