工こう作さく員いん

noun

spy; covert operative; agent provocateur

Usually refers to a person secretly working for an organization, state, or faction to gather information, infiltrate, influence, sabotage, or provoke trouble. Common in news, security, and political contexts.

• 警けい察さつは外がい国こくの工こう作さく員いんを拘こう束そくした。

  The police detained a foreign operative.

• 反はん対たい派はを混こん乱らんさせるため、集しゅう会かいに工こう作さく員いんが潜もぐり込こんだ。

  An agent infiltrated the meeting to confuse the opposition.

noun

maker; builder; constructor

Literal or occupational use for someone engaged in making or constructing things. This is much less common in modern everyday Japanese than 作業員, 職人, or 建設作業員, and may appear in compounds or job-title-like wording.

• 求きゅう人じん票ひょうに「金きん属ぞく工こう作さく員いん」とあれば、金きん属ぞく製せい品ひんを作つくる作さ業ぎょう員いんのことを指さす。

  If a job posting says “metalwork worker,” it refers to a worker who makes metal products.