salaryman

Signification (Anglais)

An employee, a worker; now especially a Japanese white-collar worker who works long hours yet has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy.

Concepts

Synonymes

salary earner

wage-earner

salaried employee

salary man

company employee

salaried man

salary-man

sarariman

wage-worker

Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈsæl.əɹ.i.mæn/
Étymologie (Anglais)

Calque of Japanese サラリーマン (sararīman), from English salary + man, possibly from the phrase salaried man.

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