会かい社しゃ員いん

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Meanings

Refers to a person employed by a company, typically in a salaried office role. The term is neutral and widely used in everyday Japanese.

会かい社しゃ員いんとして働はたらくto work as a company employee
彼かれは10年ねん間かん、会かい社しゃ員いんとして働はたらいている。
He has worked as a company employee for ten years.
会かい社しゃ員いんになるto become a company employee
大だい学がくを卒そつ業ぎょうして会かい社しゃ員いんになった。
I graduated from university and became a company employee.
元もと会かい社しゃ員いんa former company employee
彼かの女じょは元もと会かい社しゃ員いんで、今いまは自じ分ぶんの店みせを経けい営えいしている。
She is a former company employee and now runs her own shop.

サラリーマンN3
サラリーマン is a loanword traditionally implying a male salaried office worker with a stereotypical lifestyle, while 会社員 is neutral and gender-inclusive.
社しゃ員いんN4
社員 usually means an employee of a specific, named company (context-dependent), whereas 会社員 is the general term for someone who works at a company in general.
勤つとめ人にん
勤め人 is a slightly old-fashioned, broader term for anyone who works for wages, while 会社員 specifically means a corporate employee.
社しゃ会かい人じんN3
会社員 specifically means someone employed by a company, while 社会人 is the broader term for any working adult who has left student life.

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事じ務む員いんN1
会社員 is a broad term for any employee of a company, while 事務員 specifically denotes someone doing clerical or administrative tasks.
ＯＬN3
会社員 is a gender-neutral term for a company employee, whereas ＯＬ specifically denotes a female office worker, often with clerical connotations.
勤きん労ろう者しゃ
会社員 specifically means a company employee or office worker, whereas 勤労者 is a broader formal term covering all kinds of working people.

自じ営えい業ぎょうN2
会社員 means a salaried employee working for a company, the opposite employment status from 自営業, running one's own business.
フリーランサー
会社員 is a salaried company employee with a fixed employer, the opposite work arrangement to a フリーランサー who works independently on contracts.
フリーランス
会社員 is a salaried employee tied to one company, the opposite of a フリーランス who works independently without a long-term employer.
公こう務む員いんN4
公務員 works for the government while 会社員 works for a private company, making the two a common contrasting pair when talking about jobs.

公こう務む員いんN4
公務員 is a government or public-sector employee, while 会社員 works for a private company; learners sometimes confuse the two categories.

人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).

Compound of 会社 (company) and 員 (member, employee). The reading is standard on'yomi.