要員
Meanings
1
personnel; required staff; necessary hands
Refers to people needed for a specific task, project, or operation. Often used in organizational, event, or emergency contexts.
Running the event requires a lot of personnel.
We secure personnel for emergencies in advance.
Usage patterns
- 〈事〉要員として配置するto assign someone as personnel for a task
He was assigned as emergency response personnel.
- 要員を確保するto secure the necessary personnel
The company secured the necessary personnel for the new project.
- 要員が不足するfor necessary personnel to be lacking
There is a shortage of necessary personnel at the site.
- 〈場所〉に要員を派遣するto dispatch personnel to a place
The head office dispatched personnel to the branch.