苦学生

くがくせい

Meanings

1. Noun self-supporting student; working student

Kanji

• 苦 suffer. Read as ク.
• 学 study. Read as ガク.
• 生 life. Read as セイ.

Example sentences

• バイトで学費を稼ぎながら大学に通ってる。まあ苦学生ってとこかな。
  I pay my university fees to go to university by part-time work. Well, I'm a 'working student' I suppose.
• あおいは、苦学生だから、そんな高級なもの、持てないです。
  I'm putting myself through school, so I can't have things that are that expensive.

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