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〜員

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

〜員 — “member, staff, employee (suffix)”

〜員 (read 〜いん) means member, staff, employee (suffix). It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a other word.

Reading

〜いん

Meaning

member, staff, employee (suffix)

〜員 in a sentence

駅員えきいんに道みちを聞きききました。

I asked the station staff for directions.

The kanji in 〜員

員member, staff

Words that share a kanji with 〜員

社員しゃいん— company employee, staff member
公務員こうむいん— civil servant, public official
店員てんいん— shop assistant, store clerk
委員いいん— committee member
会員かいいん— member
議員ぎいん— member (of an assembly), legislator
全員ぜんいん— all members, everyone
工員こういん— factory worker

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