Usage patterns 〈 物もの 〉 を 作つく る 職しょく 人にん a craftsman who makes〈something〉
This shop has many craftsmen who make shoes.
腕うで のいい 職しょく 人にん a highly skilled craftsman
He is famous as a highly skilled craftsman.
〈 人ひと 〉 の 下もと で 職しょく 人にん になる to become a craftsman under someone's tutelage
He is training to become a craftsman under his master.
Related words· 8 工芸家 stresses artistic craftsmanship, while 職人 emphasizes practical, hands-on skill in a trade.
技術者 is a broader term for engineers or technicians in modern fields, whereas 職人 implies traditional manual craftsmanship.
匠 is a more literary or reverent word for a master craftsman, while 職人 is the everyday term for a skilled tradesperson.
職人 is the broad term for any skilled craftsman, while 大工 specifically refers to a carpenter who builds wooden structures.
Show 4 more Show fewer 職人 refers to a skilled craftsman as a standalone noun, whereas 工 is only used as a suffix attached to another word to denote a worker in that field.
職人 is a general word for any skilled craftsman, whereas 陶工 specifically means a craftsman who works with pottery.
職人 emphasizes traditional craftsmanship and mastery of a trade, while テクニシャン is a more modern, technical-sounding loanword used in engineering, IT, or sports contexts.
職人 denotes a skilled craftsman with specialized training, unlike 工員 who typically does routine factory production work.
Word family· 11 craftsmanship; artisan skill · artisanal; handcrafted
artisan spirit; craftsman's temperament
craftsmanship; artisanship; masterly skill
artisan spirit; pride in one's craft; spirit of a true craftsman
steeplejack; scaffold builder; high-rise construction worker
Show 5 more Show fewer craftsman's spirit; pride in one's work
artisan spirit; pride in one's craft
regular contributor to a periodical or radio program via postcards
painter (trade)
woodcarver
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Etymology Compound of 職 (shoku, 'occupation, craft') and 人 (nin, 'person'). The reading しょくにん is a regular on'yomi compound.
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