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人員 (jinin) Japanese meaning: number of people | Kotomora
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必ひつ
要よう
だ
。
This project requires sufficient personnel.
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)
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
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
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
We secured enough personnel for the new project.
Kanji 員 employee, member, number Related words· 6 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 is a casual loanword for 'staff', while 人員 is a formal Sino-Japanese term often used in reports, planning, and official documents.
Show 2 more 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 staff shortage; personnel shortage
personnel reduction; workforce downsizing
workforce reduction; personnel cut
Etymology Sino-Japanese compound of 人 (person) and 員 (member, number of people).
じん
員いん
淘とう
汰た
personnel reduction; workforce downsizing
personnel reduction; staff cutback
Show 5 more excess personnel; redundant staff
number of people to be admitted or accepted
total man-days; total person-days · total number of people; cumulative headcount
casualty; personnel loss
armored personnel carrier; APC
