妨ぼう害がい工こう作さく員いん

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Meanings

noun

saboteur

Refers to a person who engages in acts of sabotage, typically in a military, industrial, or political context.

敵てきの妨ぼう害がい工こう作さく員いんが工こう場じょうに侵しん入にゅうした。
Enemy saboteurs infiltrated the factory.
彼かれはスパイと妨ぼう害がい工こう作さく員いんの両りょう方ほうの役やく割わりを担になっていた。
He played the roles of both spy and saboteur.

Kanji

妨disturb, prevent, hamper
害harm, injury
工craft, construction, katakana e radical (no. 48)
作make, production, prepare
員employee, member, number

Related words

スパイ
スパイ focuses on espionage and intelligence gathering, while 妨害工作員 specifically refers to someone who carries out sabotage or disruptive operations.
破は壊かい工こう作さく員いん
破壊工作員 is a near-synonym also meaning 'saboteur', but 妨害工作員 emphasizes obstruction and interference, whereas 破壊工作員 stresses destruction.

Built from

妨ぼう害がい+工こう作さく員いん

Etymology

Compound of 妨害 (obstruction, interference) + 工作 (operations, activities) + 員 (member, person). The term is a straightforward modern formation, likely influenced by military and intelligence terminology.