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通信員 (つうしんいん) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

通つう信しん員いん

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Meanings

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noun

correspondent; reporter

A person who reports news from a remote location for a newspaper, TV station, or other media organization.

彼かれは新しん聞ぶん社しゃの通つう信しん員いんとして海かい外がいに派は遣けんされた。
He was sent abroad as a correspondent for the newspaper company.

その通つう信しん員いんは戦せん場じょうから生なま々なましい報ほう告こくを送おくってきた。

The reporter sent vivid reports from the battlefield.

Kanji

通traffic, pass through, avenue
信faith, truth, fidelity
員employee, member, number

Similar words

記き者しゃ
記者 is a general term for a journalist or reporter, often working in an office or covering a beat, while 通信員 specifically refers to a correspondent stationed in a remote location.
特とく派は員いん
特派員 is a special correspondent dispatched for a particular assignment or region, often with a more temporary or focused role than a regular 通信員.

Etymology

Compound of 通信 (つうしん, 'communication, correspondence') and 員 (いん, 'member, personnel').