Illustration: At a municipal office service counter, a government employee wearing an identification badge helps an older resident organize application papers. Behind the employee are filing cabinets, document trays, and colleagues serving other residents at adjacent desks.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

公こう務む員いん

koumuin

government employee

Example sentences

  1. 彼かれは２０年前ねんまえ、大学だいがくを卒業そつぎょうするとすぐに公務員こうむいんになった。

    He entered civil service 20 years ago right after college.

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  2. 私わたしは公務員こうむいんです。

    I’m a government worker.

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  3. 彼女かのじょは地方ちほう公務員こうむいんだ。

    She is a local government officer.

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Kanji in 公務員

  • 公public; princeOnコウ・クKunおおやけ
  • 務task; dutiesOnムKunつとめる
  • 員employee; memberOnイン

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