マン

noun, noun, used as a suffix

man; male person; person in a role, as a suffix

Usually appears in compounds such as 営業マン, サラリーマン, カメラマン, and hero names. It can mean a man, but in many role or job compounds it functions more like '-person' in practical Japanese.

• 彼かれは営えい業ぎょうマンとして十じゅう年ねん働はたらいている。

  He has worked as a salesperson for ten years.

• 子こどもたちはヒーローの名な前まえに「マン」をつけた。

  The children added “man” to the hero's name.