勤きん労ろう者しゃ

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Common word

Meanings

noun

worker; laborer; working person

A somewhat formal term for a person who works for a living, often used in economic or labor contexts. More common in writing than in casual speech.

勤きん労ろう者しゃの権けん利りを守まもる法ほう律りつが制せい定ていされた。
A law was enacted to protect the rights of workers.
この地ち域いきには多おおくの勤きん労ろう者しゃが住すんでいる。
Many working people live in this area.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉は勤きん労ろう者しゃとして働はたらくto work as a laborer/worker
彼かれは勤きん労ろう者しゃとして毎まい日にち8時じ間かん働はたらいている。
He works as a laborer for eight hours every day.
勤きん労ろう者しゃの権けん利りを守まもるto protect workers' rights
この法ほう律りつは勤きん労ろう者しゃの権けん利りを守まもるために作つくられた。
This law was created to protect workers' rights.
勤きん労ろう者しゃ向むけの〈物もの〉something aimed at/intended for workers
この保ほ険けんは勤きん労ろう者しゃ向むけのプランです。
This insurance is a plan designed for workers.

Kanji

勤diligence, become employed, serve
労labor, thank for, reward for
者someone, person

Related words

労ろう働どう者しゃN1
労働者 is the more common, everyday word for a worker (often blue-collar), while 勤労者 is a more formal term used in economic or official contexts that can include white-collar employees.
会かい社しゃ員いんN5
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.
サラリーマンN3
サラリーマン is a casual, everyday term for a salaried office worker, while 勤労者 is a formal, statistical term for anyone who works for a living.

Opposites

失しつ業ぎょう者しゃN1
失業者 means an unemployed person, the direct opposite of 勤労者, someone who is currently working.

Word family

勤きん労ろう者しゃ財ざい産さん形けい成せい促そく進しん
workers' asset formation promotion

Built from

勤きん労ろう+者しゃ

Etymology

Compound of 勤労 (kinrō, 'labor') + 者 (sha, 'person'). The exact historical derivation is straightforward; the term has been used since the early 20th century in labor-related discourse.