職しょく員いん

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Common wordJLPTN1Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

Refers to people employed at an organization, office, school, hospital, or government body. Often used in formal or institutional contexts.

市し役やく所しょの職しょく員いんに道みちを尋たずねた。
I asked a city hall staff member for directions.
新あたらしい職しょく員いんを募ぼ集しゅうしています。
We are recruiting new staff.

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Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉の職しょく員いんstaff of a (school/hospital/office, etc.)
図と書しょ館かんの職しょく員いんに本ほんの場ば所しょを聞きいた。
I asked a librarian where the book was.
職しょく員いんとして働はたらくto work as a staff member
彼かれは市し役やく所しょの職しょく員いんとして十じゅう年ねん働はたらいている。
He has worked as a staff member at the city office for ten years.
職しょく員いんを募ぼ集しゅうするto recruit staff members
病びょう院いんが新あたらしい職しょく員いんを募ぼ集しゅうしている。
The hospital is recruiting new staff members.

Kanji

職post, employment, work
員employee, member, number

Related words· 11

社しゃ員いんN4
社員 refers specifically to employees of a company, while 職員 is broader and covers staff at schools, hospitals, or government offices too.
従じゅう業ぎょう員いんN2
従業員 is a general labor-law term for any worker, whereas 職員 carries a more formal, institutional nuance often tied to public or organizational roles.
課か員いん
職員 is a general term for a staff member of any organization, while 課員 specifically means a member of a particular 課 (section) within that organization.
署しょ員いん
職員 is a general term for any staff member in an organization, while 署員 specifically means a staff member at a police or fire station.

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局きょく員いん
職員 is a general word for staff at any organization, while 局員 specifically means staff working at a 局 such as a post office or broadcasting station.
要よう員いん
職員 refers to regular employees or staff members of an organization, whereas 要員 highlights people assigned because they are required for a particular job.
事じ務む員いんN1
職員 is a general term for staff at an organization (school, government office, etc.), whereas 事務員 focuses specifically on clerical duties.
クラーク
職員 broadly means any staff member of an organization, whereas クラーク specifically points to someone doing clerical or counter work.
係かかり員いん
職員 refers broadly to any employee of an organization, while 係員 emphasizes the person's specific on-site task or role.
スタッフN3
職員 typically refers to staff at schools, government offices, or public institutions, while スタッフ is used more broadly across businesses and events.
教きょう職しょく員いん
職員 is a general word for staff at any organization, while 教職員 specifically denotes staff working at an educational institution.

Don't confuse with

職しょく人にんN3
職員 means an office or institutional staff member, while 職人 means a skilled craftsman or artisan; the kanji look similar but the meanings differ completely.
工こう員いんN2
職員 refers to office or institutional staff (e.g. at a school or government office), while 工員 specifically means a factory production worker.
社しゃ員いんN4
職員 refers to staff of any organization (school, hospital, government office), while 社員 specifically means an employee of a company (会社).
役やく員いんN1
役員 and 職員 sound alike and both end in いん, but 職員 means an ordinary staff member while 役員 means an executive or officer.

Counted with

名めいN2
counter for people (honorific) · first name; given name · famous; great; noted · name; title · noun (grammar)

Word family· 17

教きょう職しょく員いん
teaching staff; faculty
職しょく員いん室しつ
staff room; teachers' room
職しょく員いん録ろく
staff directory; personnel list
事じ務む職しょく員いん
administrative staff; office worker; clerical personnel
団だん体たい職しょく員いん
employee of a non-governmental or non-profit organization

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固こ有ゆう職しょく員いん
regular staff; permanent employee
国こっ会かい職しょく員いん
Diet officer; Diet official; Diet staff member
派は遣けん職しょく員いん
temporary staff; loaned staff
矯きょう正せい職しょく員いん
correctional officer; corrections officer
職しょく員いん不ぶ足そく
staff shortage; understaffing
職しょく員いん会かい議ぎ
staff meeting

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Etymology

Compound of 職 (shoku, 'job, employment') and 員 (in, 'member, personnel'). The kanji combination transparently conveys 'a person belonging to a job or post'.