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): [jo̞ːmɯ̟ᵝĩɴ]

Noun

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

  1. (archaic) janitor, custodian, caretaker

References
  1. 1988, 国語大辞典（新装版） (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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