noun, used as a prefix
-ee; passive subject; receiver of an action
Prefix used in formal or technical compounds to indicate the person or thing that receives an action, similar to English '-ee'. Not freely productive; appears in established words like 被雇用者 (employee), 被験者 (test subject), 被信託者 (trustee).
被雇用者の権利を守る法律が整備された。
Laws were established to protect the rights of employees.
被験者は実験の内容を事前に説明された。
The test subjects were informed of the experiment's details in advance.