Skip to content

Nihongo Circle.

Road map Study guides Kana Dictionary Grammar Immersion Culture

Tomo challenges Games Mock exam Reading level

Lessons Dictionary Games

Study level

© 2026 Nihongo CircleAbout Changelog Genki companion Credits Terms Privacy Security Purchase help Withdraw from a purchase built by MELTEN

店員

てんいん

noun

Meanings

1clerk
2shop-employee
3employee (of a store)
4shop assistant

Example sentence

女房の手は店員さんより一回り小さい。

My wife's hands are slightly smaller than the shop assistant's.

Your sentences

Kanji in this word

店Store, Shop8 strokes 員Employee, Member, Number10 strokes

More words with 店

支店してん · branch store (office)N3 書店しょてん · bookshopN2 百貨店ひゃっかてん · department store 店舗てんぽ · shop 本店ほんてん · head office

Full entry on Jisho

商店

しょうてん · shop

N2

店頭てんとう · shopfront

支店長してんちょう · branch manager

More words with 員

社員しゃいん · company employee 委員会いいんかい · committee 全員ぜんいん · all membersN3 委員長いいんちょう · chairperson (of a committee)委員いいん · committee memberN3 職員しょくいん · staff memberN1 会員かいいん · memberN3 議員ぎいん · member of the DietN3

More at JLPT N4

All 668 N4 words All 166 N4 kanji All 45 N4 grammar points Everything N4