Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 が 公こう 務む 員いん になる for someone to become a civil servant
My older brother became a civil servant last year.
公こう 務む 員いん 試し 験けん を 受う ける to take the civil service exam
I plan to take the civil service exam next year.
公こう 務む 員いん として 働はたら く to work as a civil servant
She works as a civil servant at the city hall.
Kanji 公 public, prince, official 員 employee, member, number Related words· 7 官僚 refers specifically to high-ranking bureaucrats with administrative power, while 公務員 covers any government employee regardless of rank.
役人 is a slightly informal, sometimes negative way to refer to a government worker, while 公務員 is the neutral, official term.
公務員 is the general term for any public servant, while 国家公務員 specifically means one employed by the national government.
公務員 is the modern, neutral term for a public servant or civil servant, while 官吏 is dated and carries a pre-war or formal legal nuance.
Show 3 more Show fewer 公務員 is the general term for any civil servant, whereas 地方公務員 specifically means one employed by a local government.
公務員 is the broad term for any civil servant, while 事務官 refers more narrowly to one holding an administrative post within a ministry or agency.
公務員 is the modern legal term for a civil servant, whereas 官 is an older, more literary word for the same idea.
Opposites 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.
公務員 works for the government, whereas 社員 works for a private company.
Don't confuse with 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.
公務員 means a civil servant (a government employee), while 公民 means a citizen with civic rights; the two words look and sound similar but refer to completely different things.
Word family civil service examination
national public servant; national government employee
local government employee; local civil servant
civil servant training institute
executive positions in the civil service
Etymology Compound of 公 (public) + 務 (duty, task) + 員 (member, personnel). The term was adopted in the Meiji period to translate Western concepts of civil service.
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