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代用教員 (だいようきょういん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

代だい用よう教きょう員いん

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Meanings

1

substitute teacher; supply teacher

A teacher who temporarily fills in for a regular teacher, typically in a school setting.

今日きょうは担たん任にんの先せん生せいが休やすみなので、代だい用よう教きょう員

いん

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来き

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。

The homeroom teacher is absent today, so a substitute teacher came.

彼かの女じょは代だい用よう教きょう員いんとして、いくつかの学がっ校こうで働はたらいている。

She works as a substitute teacher at several schools.

Kanji

代substitute, change, convert
用utilize, business, service
教teach, faith, doctrine
員employee, member, number

Related words

臨りん時じ教きょう員いん
臨時教員 is a temporary teacher hired for a fixed term, while 代用教員 specifically substitutes for an absent regular teacher.

Built from

代だい用よう+教きょう員いん

Etymology

Compound of 代用 (substitute) and 教員 (teacher).