Kanji1 / 10
員 kanji
employee, member, number, the one in charge
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N4 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 10
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
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Kun readings
NoneWords with 員
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —船員保険seamen's insurance
- —高級船員officer (of a ship)
- —選考委員selection committee member; member of a screening committee
- —与党議員Diet member from the ruling parties; member of parliament in the governing party; ruling party legislator
- —事務職員administrative staff; business clerk; clerical force; clerical officer; clerical personnel; clerical staff; office employee; office personnel; office worker
- —職員不足staff shortage
- —消防署員fire station worker; member of a fire station
- —勤労動員mobilization of labor services (e.g. in wartime)
- —機動隊員riot policeman
- —客員教員guest lecturer; guest teacher; visiting lecturer
- —会員登録membership registration; member registration; enrolling as a member; subscription
- —船舶職員ship's personnel; ship's officers
- —予備委員reserve member
- —道会議員member of the Hokkaido Legislative Assembly
- —定員割れfalling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)
- —世襲議員Diet member who succeeded a parent; Diet member who comes from a family of politicians; hereditary Diet member
- —二世議員second-generation Diet member; second-generation politician; Diet member who succeeded a parent
- —陣笠議員backbench member (Parliament, Congress, Diet); backbencher; minor politician
- —団体職員employee of a non-governmental or non-profit organization
- —政府委員ministerial aide; government delegate