How to say "firefighter" in Japanese

• 消防士しょうぼうしCommon
  nounThe word for a firefighter as a person: someone whose job is fighting fires. Use it when talking about the occupation or about an individual who does this work.
  私の夢ゆめは消防士しょうぼうしになる事ことだ。↗

  My dream is to be a firefighter.
• 消防しょうぼうJLPT N3approx.Common
  nounRefers to the fire department or fire brigade rather than to a person; as a term for a firefighter it is an abbreviation, so for the individual 消防士 is the word you want.

Use 消防士 for a firefighter as a person; 消防 means the fire department or fire brigade, and its 'firefighter' sense is only an abbreviation, so it seldom names the individual.

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• 消防士しょうぼうしfirefighter
• 火消し役ひけしやくfirefighter (Edo period)
• 定火消しじょうびけしfirefighter (Edo period)
• 鳶の者とびのものfirefighter (Edo period)
• 消防しょうぼうfire department
• とびconstruction worker
• とび職とびしょくfirefighter (Edo period)