Japanese

Noun

弁護士 ‎(shinjitai kanji, kyūjitai kanji 辯護士, hiragana べんごし, romaji bengoshi)

1. (law) a lawyer; an attorney

Usage notes

In Japan, only a person who has passed the Japanese bar examination may describe themselves as a 弁護士 without further qualification. Lawyers licensed in other countries generally add the name of their qualifying jurisdiction as a prefix.

• ニューヨーク弁護士

  attorney admitted in New York

• 外国法事務弁護士

  gaikokuhō jimu bengoshi

  foreign legal consultant; foreign attorney admitted to the Japanese bar

References

• 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, ISBN 4095102535.