部ぶ下か

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

subordinate; staff member under one's supervision

Refers to a person who works under someone else's direction, typically in a workplace or organizational hierarchy. The antonym is 上司 (superior).

〈人ひと〉が部ぶ下かを持もつto have subordinates (under one's supervision)
彼かれは十じゅう人にんの部ぶ下かを持もっている。
He has ten subordinates under him.
部ぶ下かに〈事こと〉を指し示じするto instruct one's subordinates to do something
課か長ちょうは部ぶ下かに新あたらしい仕し事ごとを指し示じした。
The section chief instructed his subordinates on the new task.
部ぶ下かを指し導どうするto guide or train one's subordinates
彼かの女じょは新しん人じんの部ぶ下かを丁てい寧ねいに指し導どうしている。
She carefully trains her new subordinates.
部ぶ下かの相そう談だんに乗のるto listen to and advise a subordinate on their concerns
上じょう司しは部ぶ下かの相そう談だんに乗のってくれた。
My boss listened to my concerns as a subordinate.

目め下したN2
目下 is a broader term for anyone of lower rank or age, whereas 部下 is specifically a subordinate in a workplace hierarchy.
手て下した
手下 carries a more informal or even negative connotation, often used for followers or henchmen, while 部下 is the neutral business term for a subordinate.
後こう輩はいN3
後輩 is based on relative seniority or experience (e.g. school year), while 部下 specifically means a subordinate in a formal organizational hierarchy.
家け来らいN1
部下 is the modern, everyday word for a subordinate at work, while 家来 is historical and tied to feudal lord-vassal ties.
子こ分ぶん
部下 refers to a subordinate in a company or official organization, while 子分 is used for followers in gangs or informal power hierarchies.

上じょう司しN2
上司 is one's superior or boss, while 部下 refers to the people working under that person.
上じょう官かん
部下 means a subordinate, the direct opposite of 上官, a superior officer.
指し導どう者しゃ
部下 means a subordinate who follows orders, the direct opposite role to 指導者, who leads and instructs others.

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首しゅ長ちょう
部下 means a subordinate who serves under someone, the opposite role from 首長, the leader or head.
長おさN1
部下 means 'subordinate', the opposite role to 長 (おさ), who is the one in charge.
首しゅ領りょう
部下 refers to a subordinate who takes orders, the opposite role in a hierarchy from the 首領 who gives them.
ボス
部下 means a subordinate, the direct opposite of ボス, the person in charge.
司し令れい官かん
部下 refers to a subordinate who takes orders, the opposite of a 司令官 who gives them.

部ぶ長ちょうN5
部長 (department head) and 部下 (subordinate) share the kanji 部 but refer to opposite ends of the reporting relationship.
部ぶ員いん
部下 means a subordinate under someone at work, while 部員 means a member of a club or department, with no hierarchy implied.
下か部ぶ
部下 is the everyday word for a subordinate person under someone's supervision, whereas 下部 in this sense is a rare, old-fashioned word for a servant or subordinate.

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
Used when referring to people in a formal or group context, though にん is also natural.

Compound of 部 (section, department) and 下 (under, below), literally 'under the department'. The meaning 'subordinate' is a natural extension.