公務員

こうむいん

Civil servant, public servant, government worker

N4noun·koumuin

How to remember it

公 (public) + 務 (duty) + 員 (member): a member doing public duty.

Example sentences

  • 父は公務員です。

    ちちはこうむいんです。

    My father is a civil servant.

  • 公務員になりたいです。

    こうむいんになりたいです。

    I want to become a public servant.

Usage

Stable-career noun; commonly used with になる (to become one).

Related words

公務会社員公務員試験

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