店員|てんいんten'in[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounemployee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
   店員てんいんはその荷物にもつにラベルをつけた。↗

   The clerk labeled the baggage.

• Synonym店番みせばんCasualColloquial: tending the shop, or the person in charge of it, as in 「店番を頼む」; the focus is on the act of watching the store.
• Synonym売り子うりこCasualColloquial: a vendor selling goods in a shop, on trains or at a ballpark, as in 「球場の売り子」.
• Related売り手うりてNeutralThe selling side in a transaction, as in 「売り手市場」; it marks the seller's position in a deal and is not limited to store staff.
• Related商人しょうにんWrittenWritten/formal prose: someone who runs a business or a shop owner, as in 「江戸の商人」; stresses the identity of a business operator.
• Antonym客きゃくNeutralThe opposite of 「店員」: the customer who comes to the store.
• Antonymお客様おきゃくさまFormalThe opposite of 「店員」: the customer, as the polite honorific store staff use when addressing them.

Use 「店員」 by default for a store employee. Say 「店番」 for minding a shop, 「売り子」 for vendors selling at venues, 「売り手」 for the seller in a deal, 「商人」 for a merchant or shop owner, and 「客」／「お客様」 for the customer.

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1. 商店しょうてんの従業員じゅうぎょういん。店みせに勤務きんむする者もの。