Etymology

deshi

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Today it means: a member of a heya ("stable"); trained by its shisho Full definition →

Japanese 弟子
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The story

  1. Japanese · borrowed from弟子“disciple, pupil”
  2. English todaydeshi

Borrowed from Japanese 弟子 (deshi, “disciple, pupil”).

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