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諜報員 (ちょうほういん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

諜ちょう報ほう員いん

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ほ

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Meanings

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noun

intelligence operative; spy

Refers to a person who gathers secret information, typically for a government or military organization. More formal than スパイ.

彼かれは戦せん時じ中ちゅう、諜ちょう報ほう員いんとして活かつ動どうしていた。
He worked as an intelligence operative during the war.
その諜ちょう報ほう員

いん

は

敵てき

国こく

に

潜せん

入にゅう

し

た

。

The spy infiltrated the enemy country.

Kanji

諜spy out, reconnoiter
報report, news, reward
員employee, member, number

Similar words

スパイ
スパイ is a more common, casual loanword for spy, while 諜報員 is a formal, often military or governmental term.

Etymology

Compound of 諜報 (intelligence, secret information) and 員 (member, personnel). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the components clearly indicate a person involved in intelligence work.