てんいん
Meanings
Noun
1. 商店の従業員。店に勤務する者。
Kanji used
shop
member
Pitch accent
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Composed of
① 名詞などに付いて複合語を作り、そのような商品を売ったりサービスなどを提供したりする店を表す。② 地名などに付いて、支店を表す。京都では「みせ」とも読む。
member
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
saleswoman; shopgirl
star shop assistant; famous salesperson
Examples (12 in total)
She is a clerk in the supermarket.
Yanni was a 7-Eleven clerk.
The robber aimed his gun at the clerk.
Tom glanced at the clerk's name tag.
The convenience store employee chased the thief and was stabbed to death.
For the time being, she is clerking in a department store.
For the time being, my sister is an assistant in a supermarket.
Bob worked as a clerk in the grocery store on Saturday.
The salesperson persuaded her to buy the dress.
The shop assistant went out of his way to find what we needed.
That store employs eight clerks.
All of the shop's staff were pleasant people.