N5 — outside your level filter
員
a staff member of — names someone by the organisation or role they belong to
兄は銀行員なんだ。
ani wa ginkou in na n da.
My older brother is a bank employee. casual
この会社の社員は三百人です。
kono kaisha no shain wa sanbyakunin desu.
This company has three hundred employees. neutral
All examples3
names a staff member by the organisation or role they belong to
兄は銀行員なんだ。
ani wa ginkou in na n da.
My older brother is a bank employee. casual
迷子になったので、駅員に助けてもらいました。
maigo ni natta node, eki in ni tasukete moraimashita.
I got lost, so a station employee helped me. neutral
the same shape as a fixed word the frame does not generate — 社員, 係員
この会社の社員は三百人です。
kono kaisha no shain wa sanbyakunin desu.
This company has three hundred employees. neutral
How it's formed1
Notes
係員 and 社員 are the same shape but fixed words, not this
frame filled — 係員 is one lexical item, and 社 is a bound form
rather than a noun. 店 is a host, and reads てん inside 店員 as
the word itself does.
frame filled — 係員 is one lexical item, and 社 is a bound form
rather than a noun. 店 is a host, and reads てん inside 店員 as
the word itself does.