店員
Meaning in Englishclerk, shop employee
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What it means
店員 means a shop clerk or store employee who assists customers and handles day-to-day tasks in retail settings; it denotes staff rather than a manager, and is used across retail contexts from convenience stores to department stores.
Main meanings
- General meaning: a staff member who works at a store and assists customers.
- Polite address: 店員さん used when addressing a staff member in a friendly way.
- Broader retail context: can refer to employees across various shop types, from convenience stores to department stores.
How to use it
Used in retail and service contexts to refer to staff; in formal or semi-formal speech, it is a neutral noun; in casual settings, 店員さん is common when addressing a clerk or referring to staff in conversation; signage and product packaging may use it to indicate staff presence.
Variants and close terms
- 販売員 (hanbaiin) - salesperson
- 店員さん (ten'in-san) - polite address
- 従業員 (jūgyōin) - employee in a broader workplace context
Composition
- 店: store, shop
- 員: member, person, attendant
- 店員: a person who works at a store; a shop clerk
Etymology
From Sino-Japanese on'yomi readings; the compound combines 店 and 員 with the pronunciation ten'in, a regular on'yomi construction for store-related roles.
Word class
noun (名詞)