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bank employee; bank clerk
A person who works at a bank. The term covers all bank staff from tellers to office workers, but does not include executive management.
行員に口座の開設を頼んだ。
I asked a bank employee to open an account.
彼女は大手銀行の行員として働いている。
She works as an employee at a major bank.
窓口の行員が丁寧に手続きの説明をしてくれた。
The bank clerk at the counter politely explained the procedure to me.
A compound of 行 (abbreviation of 銀行, bank) and 員 (member, staff). This word follows the common Japanese pattern of abbreviating an organization name and adding 員 to refer to its employees, similar to 社員 (company employee) and 駅員 (station staff).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 銀行行員: bank employee (with full form for clarity)
- 窓口の行員: teller, counter clerk
- 行員として勤める: to work as a bank employee
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 銀行員: bank employee — the full, unabbreviated form; slightly more common in everyday speech
- 社員: company employee — the parallel term for general companies
- 局員: post office employee — the equivalent for postal workers
- 工員: factory worker — a homophone with completely different meaning; uses 工 (craft, factory) instead of 行 (bank)