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処遇

しょぐう

treatment, handling (of a person)

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Examples

  1. 処遇の改善を求める。

    しょぐうのかいぜんをもとめる。

    We demand improved treatment.

  2. 社員の処遇を見直す必要がある。

    しゃいんのしょぐうをみなおすひつようがある。

    We need to review how employees are treated.

  3. 少年院では個々の事情に応じた処遇が行われる。

    しょうねんいんではここのじじょうにおうじたしょぐうがおこなわれる。

    In juvenile facilities, each person is handled according to their own circumstances.

Common patterns

処遇改善
improvement of treatment/conditions
処遇を見直す
to review how someone is treated
処遇の差
difference in treatment

Memory tip

This is the administrative word: how an institution deals with a person — their pay and rank, or how offenders and patients are handled. 待遇 is the everyday term for working conditions and can also apply to customers.

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