働き手|はたらきてhatarakite[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. nounworker; breadwinner; supporter
    企業きぎょうは率先そっせんして事ことにあたる働き手はたらきてを歓迎かんげいする。↗
    Companies welcome workers who take initiative.
  2. nounable person; able man; productive worker
Synonyms & antonyms
  • 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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Japanese definitions
  1. 仕事しごとをして、家族かぞくの生活せいかつを支ささえる人ひと。
  2. 仕事しごとをよくこなすことができる能力のうりょくのある人ひと。
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