JLPT N2 · Noun

定員 (teiin)

定員 (ていいん, teiin) is a Japanese noun meaning “fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.)”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: ていいん
Romaji: teiin
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

fixed number (of people); prescribed number (of regular personnel, students, etc.); quota; numerical limit; complement · noun
capacity (of a bus, boat, theatre, etc.); seating capacity · noun

Example sentences

このエレベーターの定員は１０人だ。

This elevator's capacity is ten people.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 定員

determine, fix, establishテイ・ジョウ・さだ.める・さだ.まる · 8 strokes

employee, member, numberイン · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 定員.

予定よていplans安定あんていstability仮定かていassumption勘定かんじょうcalculation決定けっていdecision定期ていきfixed period否定ひていdenial一定いっていto fix肯定こうていaffirmation指定していdesignation定規じょうぎ(measuring) ruler推定すいていpresumption測定そくていmeasurement断定だんていconclusion

Source: JMdict entry 1435400 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.