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3 Replies ・ Started by radlsf at 2016-03-13 05:24:27 UTC ・ Last reply by SenseiHanzo at 2016-03-18 18:09:22 UTC
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Freshman

Could this be translated as freshman? Or is it more like a first grader?

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Zengor at 2016-03-14 06:45:36 UTC

Yes, if the context is college/university, it would be freshman.
Not in the context of high schools, though, since first year of high school in Japan is American 10th grade

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radlsf at 2016-03-16 04:20:18 UTC

Thank you!

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SenseiHanzo at 2016-03-18 18:09:22 UTC

It could still be valid to say "freshman" even in the context of high school. Some places in the US have high schools that are only grades 10-12, and I believe in that case the students are referred to as "freshmen", "sophomores", and "seniors".

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