Vocabulary

What does 人事 (じんじ, jinji) mean?

人事 (じんじ, jinji) means personnel affairs; human resources matters.

Quick facts
Readingじんじ
Romajijinji
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N2
じんじ
N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonjinji

personnel affairs; human resources matters

  1. 1noun human affairs; mundane matters; things human
  2. 2noun personnel affairs; human resources; employee matters
  3. 3noun human power; human effort; what is humanly possible
  4. 4noun category of haiku seasonal words relating to human affairs

Example sentences

  • He became the head of the HR department.

  • Personnel transfers are announced in spring.

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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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