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サラリーマン (sarariiman) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
サラリーマン also: サラーリーマン · サラリマン · サラーリマン · サラリー・マン
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父ちち
は
東とう
京きょう
の
会かい
社しゃ
で
サラリーマン
を
し
て
いる
。
My father works as a company employee in Tokyo.
Many office workers commute on crowded morning trains.
Usage patterns サラリーマンになる to become a company employee
I plan to become a company employee after graduating from university.
サラリーマン 生せい 活かつ the life/routine of a salaried office worker
He has kept up the salaryman lifestyle for ten years.
サラリーマンを 辞や める to quit being a company employee
He quit being a company employee and opened his own shop.
平へい 凡ぼん なサラリーマン an ordinary, unremarkable office worker
The main character was an ordinary company employee.
Related words· 9 会社員 is the neutral, gender-free term for a company employee, while サラリーマン traditionally evokes a male white-collar worker with cultural stereotypes attached.
ビジネスマン emphasizes being a business professional or businessperson in general, whereas サラリーマン specifically means a salaried office employee.
OL refers to a female office worker and carries its own social connotations, so it is not simply the female counterpart of サラリーマン.
サラリーマン is the full word for 'office worker/salaryman', while サラ is its abbreviated form found only in compounds like サラ金.
Show 5 more サラリーマン is a neutral, everyday word for a salaried office worker, while 社畜 is a jocular, self-deprecating term implying that person is exploited and overworked.
サラリーマン is a broader, more casual term for any salaried company employee, while ホワイトカラー specifically emphasizes office/professional work as opposed to manual labor.
サラリーマン is the full, standard word for a salaried office worker, while リーマン is a casual clipped slang form of the same word.
サラリーマン is a casual, slightly dated term for a male salaried office worker, while 社員 is neutral and applies to anyone employed by a company.
Counted with The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).
Etymology Wasei-eigo based on English “salaryman,” ultimately from “salary” plus “man.” In Japanese it developed as a common term for a salaried company employee.
サラリーマン is a casual, everyday term for a salaried office worker, while 勤労者 is a formal, statistical term for anyone who works for a living.
