Japanese

かいしゃいん
Meaning: company employee; office worker
Part of Speech: Noun

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Handwriting

会
社
員

Example sentences

My father is a company employee working in Tokyo.
昔の日本では、夜遅くまで働く会社員を社用族と呼んでいた。
In old Japan, office workers who worked late into the night were called 'shayo-zoku' (corporate drones).
その会社員は、会社の公金を横領した疑いで逮捕された。
The company employee was arrested on suspicion of embezzling company funds.
彼は会社員だが、週末は実家の農業を兼業している。
He is a company employee, but he also runs the family farm on weekends as a side job.

Usage Notes

General term for someone employed by a private corporation.

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