助産師

Japanese

Kanji in this term
助	産	師
じょ Grade: 3	さん Grade: 4	し Grade: 5
on'yomi

Alternative spelling
助產師 (kyūjitai)

Etymology

助産(じょさん) (josan, “midwifery”) + 師(し) (-shi, “-ist; expert”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) じょさんし [jòsáꜜǹshì] (Nakadaka – [2])^[1]^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [d͡ʑo̞sã̠ɰ̃ɕi]

Noun

助(じょ)産(さん)師(し) • (josanshi) ^{←じよさんし (zyosansi)^?}

midwife

Synonyms

助(じょ)産(さん)婦(ぷ) (josanpu)
産(さん)婆(ば) (sanba)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (2016), NHK日本語発音アクセント新辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
^ Yamada, Tadao et al., editors (2020), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Eighth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

Korean

Hanja in this term
助	産	師

Noun

助産師 • (josansa) (hangeul 조산사)

hanja form^? of 조산사