郵便局員(ゆうびんきょくいん)

ゆうびんきょくいん
noun
post office worker; postal clerk
occupationcommunication
1. post office worker; postal clerk
A person who works at a post office, handling mail services, package delivery, and related financial services.
郵便局員(ゆうびんきょくいん)に荷物(にもつ)を預(あず)けた。
I handed the package to the postal clerk.
The post office worker helped me courteously at the counter.
祖父(そふ)は若(わか)い頃(ころ)郵便局員(ゆうびんきょくいん)として働(はたら)いていた。
My grandfather worked as a post office worker when he was young.

A compound of 郵便局(ゆうびんきょく) (post office) and 員(いん) (member; employee). In Japan, post offices (郵便局(ゆうびんきょく)) are operated by Japan Post and provide not only mail and parcel services but also banking (ゆうちょ銀行(ぎんこう)) and insurance (かんぽ生命(せいめい)).

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 郵便配達員(ゆうびんはいたついん): mail carrier; postal delivery person — specifically the person who delivers mail to homes
  • 局員(きょくいん): office worker; staff member — generic term for an employee at a bureau or office
  • 配達員(はいたついん): delivery person — broader term covering any delivery service