Translation guide
A person who tends a furnace or boiler, especially on a ship or steam locomotive. In Japanese, this is expressed with specific occupational terms.
A worker who feeds fuel into a furnace or boiler, typically on a steamship or steam train.
The role of a stoker is largely historical. In modern Japanese, these terms are mainly encountered in historical accounts, literature, or museums. For a modern boiler operator, use ボイラー技士 (boiraa gishi).
He worked as a stoker on a steamship.
Literally 'engine assistant', used for a stoker or fireman in a railway or marine engine room. Slightly more formal.
The stoker on the steam locomotive had the job of shoveling coal.
Refers to the act of stoking or the person who stokes a fire, but more commonly used for kindling or starting a fire. Can be used for a stoker in a very general sense.
The stoker threw coal into the furnace.