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役員

やくいん

executive, officer, board member

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Examples

  1. 役員会議が開かれた。

    やくいんかいぎがひらかれた。

    A board meeting was held.

  2. 彼は四十歳で役員になった。

    かれはよんじゅっさいでやくいんになった。

    He became a company officer at forty.

  3. 今年のPTAの役員を引き受けた。

    ことしのぴーてぃーえーのやくいんをひきうけた。

    I took on a PTA post this year.

  4. 役員の報酬が高すぎると批判されている。

    やくいんのほうしゅうがたかすぎるとひはんされている。

    Executive pay is being criticized as too high.

Common patterns

役員会
board of officers
役員になる
to become an officer
役員を務める
to serve as an officer

Memory tip

In a company 役員 covers the directors and auditors as a group, so a 取締役 is one kind of 役員. Outside business the same word means an officer of any small organization — a PTA or a neighborhood association.

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