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employee ID card; company ID badge
An identification card issued by a company to its employees, used for building access, identity verification, and other workplace purposes.
社員証を見せてください。
Please show your employee ID.
社員証がないとビルに入れない。
You can't enter the building without your employee ID.
退職する時に社員証を返却しなければならない。
You must return your employee ID card when you resign.
A compound of 社員 (company employee) and 証 (proof/certificate). In many Japanese companies, the 社員証 doubles as a security access card and is worn on a lanyard around the neck.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 社員証を提示する: to present one's employee ID
- 社員証を忘れる: to forget one's employee ID
- 社員証を返却する: to return one's employee ID
- 社員証をかざす: to hold up one's employee ID (to a reader)
RELATED TERMS:
- 身分証: identification card (general)
- 学生証: student ID card
- 名札: name tag/badge