► 名詞
作業員 [(2)さぎょういん] meaning: worker rank: 2
☆ 彼は百人の作業員を監督している ⇨ He is supervising 100 workers (☛ Typically physical laborers)
サラリーマン [(3)さらりーまん] meaning: worker rank: 2
☆ 日本の「サラリーマン」とは企業で事務職をしている人達のことだ ⇨ Japanese “salary man” refers to office workers in corporations
☆ サラリーマンに人気の居酒屋 ⇨ A pub restaurant popular among business people (☛ Poorly formed English “salaryman”)
職員 [(3)しょくいん] meaning: worker rank: 2
☆ 病院の職員 ⇨ Hospital office workers (who don’t practice any medicine) (☛ Typically refers to office workers)
人事 [(1)じんじ] meaning: worker rank: 2
☆ 会社の人事考課制度 ⇨ The employee performance evaluation system of a company
工員 [こういん] meaning: worker rank: 3
☆ この工場には二千人の工員がいる ⇨ There are two thousand shop workers, technicians, in this factory (☛ Industrial worker)
事務員 [(2)じむいん] meaning: worker rank: 3
☆ 彼女は市役所で事務員をしている ⇨ She work at the city hall office (☛ A generic term for an office worker)
従業員 [(4)じゅうぎょういん] meaning: worker rank: 3
☆ その会社には五千人の従業員がいる ⇨ The company has 5,000 employees
労働者 [(3)ろうどうしゃ] meaning: worker rank: 3
☆ 労働者の権利 ⇨ The rights of workers
行員 [こういん] meaning: worker rank: 4
☆ 銀行の行員 ⇨ A bank worker (☛ Can be anybody who is a part of “行” organization, but usually a banker)
叩き上げ [たたきあげ] meaning: worker rank: 4
☆ (☛ Someone who doesn’t have formal education for the job and rather learned it through the practice)
► 接尾辞
工 [こう] meaning: worker rank: 3
☆ 溶接工、板金工 ⇨ A welder, a sheetmetal worker (☛ (Usually skilled) Industrial worker)