How to say "staff" in Japanese

• スタッフCommon
  nounStaff as people: the employees or crew of a restaurant, shop, event, or workplace. It can cover the team as a whole or a single staff member.
  この計画けいかくは５０人にんの訓練くんれんされたスタッフを必要ひつようとする。↗

  This project will involve 50 trained staff members.
• 杖つえJLPT N1approx.Common
  nounA physical stick: a cane or walking stick for support, and by extension a staff as a handheld rod or a wand. It has nothing to do with people.
  杖つえは彼かれに何なんの役やくにも立たたなかった。↗

  The stick didn't help him any.
• 部員ぶいんCommon
  no-adjectiveReally 'member': a person who belongs to a club or society. It points to membership rather than to the people who run a place, so it is seldom the word you want for 'staff'.
  ビルは編集部へんしゅうぶ員いんです。↗

  Bill is on the editorial staff.
• 幕僚ばくりょうCommon
  nounStaff in the staff-officer sense: the officers who assist a commander. It is not a word for the employees of a company or shop, so it suits only this narrow meaning.
• 五線ごせんCommon
  nounThe musical staff: the five parallel lines on which notes are written in sheet music. Purely a term of music notation, never people or a stick.

Use 「スタッフ」 for people who work at a place or event, 杖 for a stick or wand, 幕僚 for the staff-officer sense, 五線 for the musical stave, and 部員 only for members of a club or society.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• スタッフstaff
• 杖つえcane
• 部員ぶいんstaff
• 幕僚ばくりょうstaff
• 五線ごせんstaff
• 関係者かんけいしゃperson concerned
• 譜表ふひょうstaff
• 手杖しゅじょうstaff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)
• 幹部かんぶmanagement
• 局員きょくいんclerk
• 職杖しょくじょうmace
• 陣容じんようlineup (of a team, etc.)