工こう員いん

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

Refers to a person employed in a factory, typically in a manual or production role. Neutral term.

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He works as a factory worker at an automobile plant.

工こう員いんたちは新あたらしい機き械かいの使つかい方かたを学まなんだ。

The factory workers learned how to use the new machines.

工こう員いんとして働はたらくto work as a factory worker
彼かれは自じ動どう車しゃ工こう場じょうで工こう員いんとして働はたらいている。
He works as a factory worker at an automobile plant.
工こう員いんを雇やとうto hire factory workers
この工こう場じょうは毎まい年ねん新あたらしい工こう員いんを雇やとっている。
This factory hires new workers every year.
工こう員いんになるto become a factory worker
高こう校こうを卒そつ業ぎょうしてすぐに工こう員いんになった。
He became a factory worker right after graduating from high school.

労ろう働どう者しゃN1
労働者 is a broad term for any worker or laborer, while 工員 specifically refers to someone who works in a factory.
作さ業ぎょう員いん
作業員 refers to a general manual laborer at any worksite, whereas 工員 specifically denotes a factory employee.
従じゅう業ぎょう員いんN2
従業員 is a neutral term for any company employee, while 工員 is narrower, referring specifically to factory floor workers.
職しょく人にんN3
職人 denotes a skilled craftsman with specialized training, unlike 工員 who typically does routine factory production work.

経けい営えい者しゃ
経営者 is the manager or owner who runs a business, standing in contrast to 工員, the factory worker who is employed by them.

職しょく員いんN1
職員 refers to office or institutional staff (e.g. at a school or government office), while 工員 specifically means a factory production worker.

Compound of 工 (こう, 'industry' or 'manufacturing') and 員 (いん, 'member' or 'personnel'). The kanji combination directly conveys 'factory personnel'.