平社員（ひらしゃいん）
JLPT N2 · noun
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 3
Meaning: ordinary employee
Example sentences
- 入社したときは平社員だった。 — When he joined the company, he was just a rank-and-file employee.
- 平社員から少しずつ昇進する。 — He's steadily working his way up from an ordinary employee.
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