Illustration: Inside a Japanese secondary school's art club room, five students in school uniforms gather around a shared pottery table. One student retrieves their own apron from a row of personal hooks, another kneads clay, and two carefully move a finished bowl onto the club's drying shelf.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

部ぶ員いん

buin

club member

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしは水泳部すいえいぶの部員ぶいんです。

    I’m a member of the swimming club.

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  2. マイクは水泳部すいえいぶの部員ぶいんですか。

    Is Mike a member of the swimming club?

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  3. 部員ぶいんは先輩せんぱいに一人ひとりずつブローチを贈おくることにした。

    The club members agreed to present the seniors with a brooch each.

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Kanji in 部員

  • 部section; bureauOnブ
  • 員employee; memberOnイン

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