働き手|はたらきてhatarakite[0]heiban (flat)
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- nounworker; breadwinner; supporter
- nounable person; able man; productive worker
- Synonym労働者ろうどうしゃNeutralA wage-earning worker; the usual term in legal and economic contexts, while 「働き手」 stresses manpower and can also mean a capable person.
- Synonym勤労者きんろうしゃWrittenWritten term for people who live on their earnings, as in 「勤労者世帯」; 「働き手」 stresses being a pair of hands or the family breadwinner.
- SynonymワーカーNeutralLoanword for a worker, mostly used in compounds such as 「ケースワーカー」.
- Synonym就業者しゅうぎょうしゃWrittenWritten, statistical term for the employed population; 「働き手」 stresses a person as manpower, a pair of working hands.
- Related働く人NeutralA general, colloquial term for someone who works; 「働き手」 stresses supporting a livelihood or serving as a pair of hands.
- Antonym無職むしょくNeutralMeans having no job, the opposite of 「働き手」 as a source of labor.
Use 「働き手」 for someone who earns the family's living, a pair of working hands, or a capable person, as in 「一家の働き手」 and 「働き手不足」. In legal or economic contexts say 「労働者」; for someone with no job, 「無職」.
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