従事者(じゅうじしゃ)

じゅうじしゃ
noun
worker (in a field); person engaged in
formalworkperson
1. worker (in a field); person engaged in
A person who works in a given field or occupation. Used after the name of the field, as in 医療(いりょう)従事者(じゅうじしゃ) (health-care workers).
医療(いりょう)従事者(じゅうじしゃ)に感謝(かんしゃ)する。
To thank health-care workers.
農業(のうぎょう)従事者(じゅうじしゃ)が年々(ねんねん)減(へ)っている。
The number of people working in agriculture falls every year.
介護(かいご)従事者(じゅうじしゃ)の不足(ふそく)は、高齢化(こうれいか)が進(すす)む日本(にほん)の大(おお)きな課題(かだい)だ。
The shortage of care workers is a major problem for Japan's aging society.

From 従事(じゅうじ)する (to be engaged in) + 者(しゃ) (person). A formal word of statistics, official documents and the news; in conversation people name the job instead (看護師(かんごし), 農家(のうか)の人(ひと)).

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