Vocabulary

What does 店員 (てんいん, ten'in) mean?

店員 (てんいん, ten'in) means shop clerk, store employee.

Quick facts
Readingてんいん
Romajiten'in
Part of speechnoun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N4
てんいん
N4 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonten'in

shop clerk, store employee

  1. 1noun employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk

Example sentences

  • The staff at this shop are kind.

  • I asked the clerk about the price.

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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.

Voice: VOICEVOX Nemo.

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