Vocabulary

What does サラリーマン (sarariiman) mean?

サラリーマン means salaried worker, company employee.

Quick facts
Readingサラリーマン
Romajisarariiman
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
サラリーマン
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonsarariiman

salaried worker, company employee

Genki 17Genki
  1. 1noun office worker; company employee; company man

Example sentences

  • My father is an ordinary company employee.

  • Office workers ride packed trains every morning.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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