孫弟子

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: 孫弟子 is a noun read まごでし, referring to one's student's student, or a grand-disciple.
• Basic usage: It can describe a master encountering a grand-disciple's work or a technique passing from a disciple to that disciple's student.
  • 師匠は自分の孫弟子の演奏を初めて聴いた。 says that the master heard a performance by a grand-disciple for the first time; 技法は弟子から孫弟子へと受け継がれた。 says that the technique was passed from a disciple to the grand-disciple.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• 孫弟子の演奏
  • の identifies the grand-disciple as the performer whose playing was heard.
• 弟子から孫弟子へ
  • から and へ show the technique's path from a disciple to that person's student.
• 孫弟子 and 弟子
  • 弟子 is a direct student of a teacher, while 孫弟子 is the student of that direct disciple.