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manual laborer; blue-collar worker
A person who earns a living through physical labor, such as construction or factory work, rather than office work.
彼は肉体労働者だ。
He is a manual laborer.
肉体労働者は体力が必要だ。
Manual laborers need physical strength.
若いころは肉体労働者として建設現場で働いていた。
When he was young, he worked as a manual laborer at construction sites.
Written 肉体 (the body) + 労働者 (worker). Contrasts with office or desk work.
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 頭脳労働者: brain worker; white-collar worker — the contrasting term
- 作業員: worker, operative — a neutral term for someone doing on-site work