Japanese

さぎょういん
Meaning: worker; laborer; operator
Part of Speech: Noun

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Handwriting

作
業
員

Example sentences

Many workers are working at the construction site.
現場監督は作業員に的確な指示を出した。
The site supervisor gave precise instructions to the workers.
工事現場では、作業員が慎重に足場を組んでいる。
At the construction site, workers are carefully setting up the scaffolding.
作業員はセメントを水と混ぜて、壁に塗った。
The worker mixed the cement with water and applied it to the wall.
作業員は鶴嘴を使って硬い地面を掘り起こした。
The worker used a pickaxe to break up the hard ground.
作業員は安全に注意して木を伐倒した。
The workers paid attention to safety and cut down the trees.
鉱山の坑口から作業員が出てきた
Workers came out from the mine entrance.
暑さのあまり、作業員たちは袒裼して作業に励んでいた。
Because of the heat, the workers were working stripped to the waist.

Usage Notes

Refers to people engaged in physical or manual labor, often at a work site.

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