cadet

士官候補生

将校になるために軍の学校で学んでいる学生。

やさしい英語で： A student at a military school who is learning to become an officer.

• The cadet wore a new uniform.
• Cadets train at the military academy.
• She joined the navy as an officer cadet.

類義語： officer trainee

よく使う表現： army cadet, naval cadet, officer cadet

研修生

仕事を覚えるための正式な研修に参加している人。

やさしい英語で： Someone taking part in a formal training program for a job.

• The company hired three engineering cadets.
• Each cadet receives training from experienced staff.
• She started her journalism career as a cadet at a newspaper.

類義語： trainee

よく使う表現： journalism cadet, police cadet, engineering cadet

次男、末子

長男より後に生まれ、長男に引き継がれる財産を受け取らない息子。

やさしい英語で： A younger son in a family, who does not receive the property that goes to the eldest son.

• As a cadet, he inherited no land.
• The cadet sought a career in the army.
• Two cadets left home while their eldest brother managed the estate.

類義語： younger son

よく使う表現： a cadet, family cadet, a young cadet

分家の一員

長子ではなく、年下の子から続く家系に属する人。

やさしい英語で： A member of a family descended from a younger child rather than the eldest.

• He was a cadet of that family.
• The family’s cadets used a different coat of arms.
• As a cadet of the royal house, she belonged to its younger line.

使い方： a cadet of a family/house (He was a cadet of a noble house.)

類義語： junior member

よく使う表現： a cadet, cadet of something