salaryman
/ˈsæl.əɹ.i.mæn/
salaryman noun: an employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy.
Noun
salaryman (plural salarymen)
- An employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy.
- In this way, the salaryman was both a progressive social stratum and an intellectual class.2000, Harry Harootunian, Overcome by Modernity, page 205
- ― Yamabuki: “Okay... *Sigh*... I thought l'd get to go home and sleep after taking the Principal back...but here I am, still at it, like an overworked salaryman!”
- ― John: “What? Salaryman?”2017 May 30, NTT Solmare, Moe! Ninja Girls, Season 6 Chapter 2, iOS and Android
salaryman meaning in Sinhala
salaryman in Sinhala
- සේවානියුක්තියා, සේවකයා
Forms of salaryman
| plural | salarymen |
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Origin of salaryman
Phono-semantic matching of Japanese サラリーマン (sararīman), itself a wasei eigo (和製英語; pseudo-anglicism) derived from salary + man.
Words that rhyme with salaryman
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- Marianne
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- scran
- sedan
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Questions about salaryman
- What does salaryman mean?
- Salaryman means an employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy.
- What is salaryman in Sinhala?
- Salaryman in Sinhala is සේවානියුක්තියා, සේවකයා. See Salaryman meaning in Sinhala.
- What part of speech is salaryman?
- Salaryman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce salaryman?
- Salaryman is pronounced /ˈsæl.əɹ.i.mæn/.
- What is the plural of salaryman?
- The plural of salaryman is salarymen.
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