WORD DETAIL
技師
ぎし
Examples
Included kanji
Study notes
1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning
- Structure: 技師 (ぎし) is a noun for a technical professional responsible for equipment, testing, or another specialized task.
- Basic usage: It can identify a technician investigating a device or a technologist responsible for medical testing.
- 技師が壊れた装置の原因を調べた。 — A technician investigated the cause of the faulty device.
- 彼女は病院で検査を担当する技師として働いている。 — She works at a hospital as a medical testing technologist.
2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions
- Job title by field
- The specific English title for 技師 may be engineer, technician, or technologist depending on the field. Use the surrounding description of the work to choose its scope.

