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factory worker, plant worker
A person who works in a factory or manufacturing plant.
父は自動車工場の工員だった。
My father was a factory worker at an automobile plant.
この工場には約500人の工員がいる。
This factory has about 500 workers.
工員たちは交代制で働いている。
The factory workers work in shifts.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 労働者 - worker, laborer (broader term)
- 従業員 - employee (general, any type of business)
- 作業員 - worker, operative (various types of manual work)
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 工場工員 (factory worker)
- 熟練工員 (skilled worker)
NOTE: The term is somewhat dated and 従業員 or 作業員 may be preferred in modern usage.
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