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教員 (きょういん, kyouin) Japanese meaning: teacher | Kotomora
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He is a high school teacher.
Teachers' salaries vary by region.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 教きょう 員いん になる for someone to become a teacher
She graduated from university and became a teacher.
教きょう 員いん として 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 で 働はたら く to work as a teacher at (a place)
My father works as a teacher at a junior high school.
教きょう 員いん を 目め 指ざ す to aim to become a teacher
He is aiming to become a teacher in the future.
教きょう 員いん 採さい 用よう 試し 験けん を 受う ける to take the teacher hiring examination
I plan to take the teacher hiring exam next month.
Kanji 員 employee, member, number Related words· 6 教師 is the general word for teacher, covering private tutors and instructors outside formal schools, while 教員 is a formal occupational term for certified school staff.
教諭 is the precise legal title for a licensed teacher in Japanese public schools, whereas 教員 is the broader occupational category that includes 教諭 and other teaching staff.
教職員 covers both teaching staff and school administrative staff together, while 教員 refers only to those whose job is teaching.
先生 is the polite, everyday title used to address or refer to a teacher, while 教員 is the neutral, institutional term for the profession itself.
Show 2 more 教員 is the official/administrative term for a teaching staff member (used in job titles and school records), whereas 教育者 emphasizes a person's dedication to education as a calling.
教員 is a formal term for teaching staff or faculty in an institution, whereas 教職 emphasizes the profession itself rather than the people holding it.
Don't confuse with 教官 refers to an instructor in a military, police, or driving-school setting, while 教員 refers specifically to teaching staff in regular schools.
Word family· 13 ordinary teacher; rank-and-file teacher
staffroom; teachers' lounge; faculty lounge
regular teacher; licensed teacher
assistant teacher (elementary school, 1886-1946)
Etymology Compound of 教 (teaching) and 員 (member/personnel), literally 'teaching staff member'.
Show 5 more substitute teacher; supply teacher
guest lecturer; visiting teacher
teaching license; teacher's license
teachers' union
practitioner faculty; instructor with professional experience
