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店員

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

店員 — “shop assistant, store clerk”

店員 (read てんいん) means shop assistant, store clerk. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

てんいん

Meaning

shop assistant, store clerk

店員 in a sentence

店員てんいんに値段ねだんを聞きききました。

I asked the clerk the price.

The kanji in 店員

店shop; store
員member, staff

Words that share a kanji with 店員

喫茶店きっさてん— café
店みせ— store, shop
支店してん— branch (office, store)
商店しょうてん— store, shop
書店しょてん— bookstore
売店ばいてん— stand, kiosk, stall (at a station/hospital)
店屋みせや— shop, store
洋品店ようひんてん— clothing store, haberdashery

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