労ろう働どう者しゃ

noun

worker; laborer

General term for a person who works, especially in an employed or industrial context. Can refer to both white-collar and blue-collar workers in broad usage.

• 工こう場じょうで働はたらく労ろう働どう者しゃたちは、新あたらしい安あん全ぜん規き則そくを歓かん迎げいした。

  The workers at the factory welcomed the new safety regulations.

• 労ろう働どう者しゃの権けん利りを守まもるために組くみ合あいが結けっ成せいされた。

  A union was formed to protect the rights of the workers.

noun

manual laborer; blue-collar worker

Specifically refers to a person engaged in physical or manual labor, as opposed to office work. Often used in economic or sociological contexts.

• 建けん設せつ現げん場ばでは多おおくの労ろう働どう者しゃが汗あせを流ながしている。

  Many laborers are sweating at the construction site.