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社員

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

社員 — “company employee, staff member”

社員 (read しゃいん) means company employee, staff member. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a noun.

Reading

しゃいん

Meaning

company employee, staff member

社員 in a sentence

この会社かいしゃには社員しゃいんが百ひゃく人にんいます。

This company has one hundred employees.

The kanji in 社員

社company; (Shinto) shrine
員member, staff

Words that share a kanji with 社員

会社かいしゃ— company, corporation
社会しゃかい— society, public
社長しゃちょう— company president
神社じんじゃ— shrine (Shinto)
新聞社しんぶんしゃ— newspaper company
社会科学しゃかいかがく— social science
社説しゃせつ— editorial (in a newspaper)
商社しょうしゃ— trading company, trading firm

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