人じん員いん

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ん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

1

noun

number of people; personnel; staff

Refers to the number of people available or required, often in organizational, military, or logistical contexts. Can also mean the people themselves as a collective resource.

このプロジェクトには十じゅう分ぶんな人

じん

員いん

が

必ひつ

要よう

だ

。

This project requires sufficient personnel.

人じん員いん不ぶ足そくで仕し事ごとが遅おくれている。

Work is delayed due to a shortage of staff.

Usage patterns

人じん員いんを削さく減げんするto cut/reduce personnel (staff)
会かい社しゃは経けい費ひ削さく減げんのため人じん員いんを削さく減げんした。
The company cut staff to reduce expenses.
人じん員いんを配はい置ちするto deploy/assign personnel
各かく部ぶ署しょに必ひつ要ような人じん員いんを配はい置ちした。
They assigned the necessary personnel to each department.
人じん員いんが不ふ足そくするto be short-staffed; a personnel shortage occurs
現げん場ばでは人じん員いんが不ふ足そくしている。
There is a personnel shortage at the site.
人じん員いんを確かく保ほするto secure enough personnel
新あたらしいプロジェクトのために人じん員いんを確かく保ほした。
We secured enough personnel for the new project.

Kanji

人person
員employee, member, number

Related words· 6

要よう員いん
要員 refers to personnel specifically assigned or required for a particular task, while 人員 is the broader term for the number of people or staff in general.
人にん数ずうN3
人数 is the everyday word for 'number of people', while 人員 is a formal term used in business, military, or official contexts to refer to personnel or manpower.
従じゅう業ぎょう員いんN2
従業員 specifically means employees of a company, while 人員 more broadly refers to the number of people or personnel available in any organization.
スタッフN3
スタッフ is a casual loanword for 'staff', while 人員 is a formal Sino-Japanese term often used in reports, planning, and official documents.

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マンパワー
人員 is a formal native Japanese word for staff or personnel, whereas マンパワー is a loanword emphasizing the total human work capacity available.
人じん材ざいN2
人員 is a neutral term for staff headcount or numbers, whereas 人材 emphasizes people's ability or value as a resource.

Word family· 10

人じん員いん不ぶ足そく
staff shortage; personnel shortage
人じん員いん削さく減げん
personnel reduction; workforce downsizing
人じん員いん整せい理り
workforce reduction; personnel cut

Etymology

Sino-Japanese compound of 人 (person) and 員 (member, number of people).

人じん員いん淘とう汰た

personnel reduction; workforce downsizing

人じん員いん縮しゅく少しょう

personnel reduction; staff cutback

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余よ剰じょう人じん員いん
excess personnel; redundant staff
募ぼ集しゅう人じん員いん
number of people to be admitted or accepted
延のべ人じん員いん
total man-days; total person-days · total number of people; cumulative headcount
損そん耗もう人じん員いん
casualty; personnel loss
装そう甲こう人じん員いん運うん搬ぱん車しゃ
armored personnel carrier; APC