用務員

Japanese

Kanji in this term
用	務	員
よう Grade: 2	む Grade: 5	いん Grade: 3
kan'on	goon	kan'on

Etymology

Compound of 用務 (yōmu, “business”, a very generic term referring to “what one does to get things done”) +‎ 員 (-in, “person belonging to a team or a particular role or responsibility”).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Cited to the 1957 novel and 1959 film 人間の壁 (Ningen no Kabe, “The Human Wall”) written by 石川達三 (Tatsuzō Ishikawa).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) よーむいん [yòómúꜜìǹ] (Nakadaka – [3])^[2]^[3]
IPA^(key): [jo̞ːmɯ̟ĩɴ]

Noun

用(よう)務(む)員(いん) • (yōmuin) ^{←ようむゐん (youmwin)^?}

(archaic) janitor, custodian, caretaker

References

^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[KDJ-1] Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[DJR-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[SMK5-3] 3.0 ^3.1 Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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