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13 駅員 Train Station Employee

Alternative Meanings

Train Station Staff, Train Station Attendant, Station Attendant, Station Employee

Part of Speech

Noun

Reading

えきいん

  • Kyoko(Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi(Tokyo accent, male)

Context Sentences

その駅員の黒目は普通の人よりも大きいと思います。

I think that train station attendant's irises are larger than most people's.

この駅の駅員は、みんなお昼に一杯二百八十円のかけそばを食べる。

All the station employees here eat bowls of 280 yen kake soba for lunch.

あの駅員、こう見えてすっごくお金持ちなのよ。

You couldn’t tell from looking at him, but that station attendant is a really rich guy.

Meaning Explanation

A train station member is someone who works at the train station. They are a train station employee. Feel free to ask them if you need help knowing which direction to train in.

Reading Explanation

This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.

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