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3 Replies ・ Started by radlsf 9 years ago ・ Last reply by SenseiHanzo 9 years ago
This is a discussion about １年生

Freshman

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

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Zengor 9 years ago

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 9 years ago

Thank you!

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SenseiHanzo 9 years ago

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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