鳶とび職しょく人にん

noun

steeplejack; scaffold builder; high-rise construction worker

Refers to a traditional Japanese construction worker who specializes in working at heights, erecting scaffolding, and building high structures such as temples, shrines, and modern skyscrapers. The term originates from the image of a black kite (鳶) soaring high.

• 鳶とび職しょく人にんは高こう所しょでの作さ業ぎょうに熟じゅく練れんしている。

  Steeplejacks are skilled at working at heights.

• あのビルの建けん設せつ現げん場ばでは、多おおくの鳶とび職しょく人にんが働はたらいている。

  Many scaffold builders are working at that building's construction site.