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〜員いん

いんinN2neutral

員いん

a staff member of — named for the group or job

兄あには銀行員ぎんこういんなんだ。

ani wa ginkou in nan da.

My older brother is a bank employee. casual

この会社かいしゃの社員しゃいんは三百人さんびゃくにんです。

kono kaisha no shain wa sanbyakunin desu.

This company has three hundred employees. neutral

All examples3

staff member of — used for a job or group name plus 員いん

  1. 兄あには銀行員ぎんこういんなんだ。

    ani wa ginkou in nan da.

    My older brother is a bank employee. casual

  2. 迷子まいごになったので、駅員えきいんに助たすけてもらいました。

    maigo ni natta node, eki in ni tasukete moraimashita.

    I got lost, so a station employee helped me. neutral

staff member of — looks the same as words 員いん doesn't build (社員しゃいん, 係員かかりいん)

  1. この会社かいしゃの社員しゃいんは三百人さんびゃくにんです。

    kono kaisha no shain wa sanbyakunin desu.

    This company has three hundred employees. neutral

How it's formed1

Notes

係員かかりいん and 社員しゃいん are fixed words, not built fresh each time.
店みせ still reads てん inside 店員てんいん, matching the whole word.