No. 2,216 in Japanese
社員
Employee; company staff member.
In a sentence
社員は会社の重要な資源です。
Employees are an important asset to the company.
In this sentence, 社員 refers to employees as a group within an organization, focusing on their role as contributors to the company's success.
新入社員は今週から研修を始めます。
The new employees will start their training this week.
Here, 社員, combined with 新入 (new), specifies the newcomers to a company, emphasizing their training phase within its organizational structure.
私の兄は大企業の社員として働いています。
My brother works as an employee at a big company.
In this usage, 社員 is a status or position within a company, highlighting a personal connection to the speaker.
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