従じゅう業ぎょう員いん

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Meanings

Standard term for a person employed by a company or organization. Often used in formal or business contexts.

〈従じゅう業ぎょう員いん〉を雇やとうto hire an employee
その会かい社しゃは新あたらしい従じゅう業ぎょう員いんを十じゅう人にん雇やとった。
The company hired ten new employees.
〈従じゅう業ぎょう員いん〉を解かい雇こするto dismiss/lay off an employee
業ぎょう績せき不ふ振しんのため、多おおくの従じゅう業ぎょう員いんが解かい雇こされた。
Due to poor business performance, many employees were laid off.
〈従じゅう業ぎょう員いん〉として働はたらくto work as an employee
彼かれはこのホテルで従じゅう業ぎょう員いんとして五ご年ねん働はたらいている。
He has worked as an employee at this hotel for five years.
従じゅう業ぎょう員いん数すうnumber of employees
この会かい社しゃの従じゅう業ぎょう員いん数すうは年ねん々ねん増ふえている。
The number of employees at this company is increasing year by year.

社しゃ員いんN4
社員 refers to any member of a company including executives, while 従業員 specifically denotes a person who works under an employer.
職しょく員いんN1
職員 is typically used for staff at public institutions, schools, or hospitals, whereas 従業員 usually refers to workers at private companies.
スタッフN3
スタッフ is a casual, often collective term for staff members, while 従業員 is the more formal, official word used in business and legal contexts.
労ろう働どう者しゃN1
労働者 is a broader term emphasizing labor and workers' rights, while 従業員 specifically means someone employed by a particular company.

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店てん員いんN4
店員 specifically means a shop or store staff member, while 従業員 is a broader term covering employees of any company or organization.
使し用よう人にんN1
従業員 is the general, business-register term for any company employee, while 使用人 traditionally denotes personal or domestic servants.
雇やとい
従業員 is the standard modern term for a company's staff member, whereas 雇い is an older, more direct word for someone who is employed.
ワーカー
従業員 emphasizes being an employee of a specific company, while ワーカー focuses more loosely on the act of working itself.
工こう員いんN2
従業員 is a neutral term for any company employee, while 工員 is narrower, referring specifically to factory floor workers.
人じん員いん
従業員 specifically means employees of a company, while 人員 more broadly refers to the number of people or personnel available in any organization.

雇こ用よう主ぬし
雇用主 is the employer who hires people, the direct opposite of 従業員, the employee who is hired.
役やく員いんN1
役員 refers to executives and officers who direct a company, while 従業員 refers to the regular employees who work under them.
経けい営えい者しゃ
従業員 is an employee who works for the business, the direct opposite of 経営者, the person who owns or runs it.
雇やとい主ぬし
雇い主 is the one who hires and pays, while 従業員 is the employee who works for them.

従じゅう者しゃ
従業員 means a regular paid employee at a company, whereas 従者 is a personal attendant who accompanies a specific master, despite sharing the kanji 従.

人にん
The everyday counter for people: 一人 (ひとり), 二人 (ふたり), 三人 (さんにん).
名めいN2
More formal than 人 — used for headcounts in reservations, staff lists, and announcements (5名様).

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Compound of 従業 (じゅうぎょう, 'to be employed') + 員 (いん, 'member').