JLPT N4 · Noun

店員 (tenin)

店員 (てんいん, tenin) is a Japanese noun meaning “employee (of a store); shop assistant”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: てんいん
Romaji: tenin
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson · noun

Example sentences

店員はその荷物にラベルをつけた。

The clerk labeled the baggage.

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

Kanji in 店員

店

store, shopテン・みせ・たな · 8 strokes

員

employee, member, numberイン · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 店員.

店みせstore喫茶店きっさてんcoffee shop支店してんbranch office商店しょうてんshop書店しょてんbookshop売店ばいてんstand店屋みせやstore洋品店ようひんてんshop that handles Western-style apparel and accessories員いんmember公務員こうむいんpublic employee委員いいんcommittee member会員かいいんmember議員ぎいんmember of an assembly全員ぜんいんall members

Source: JMdict entry 1440670 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.