Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A Japanese corporate businessman.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The term salaryman refers exclusively to males, and for females the term career woman is used.
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Astonishingly, Mr. Kikuchi - whose thin and muscular build is at odds with his long career behind a desk as a corporate "salaryman"- held on for 14 hours, from 3 p.m. that day until dawn the morning after.
The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Mark MacKinnon 2011
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The trademark of the salaryman is his conservative dark suit, called a sebiro in Japanese, which probably came from the English word "civil" since they are civilian clothes, i.e. not a military uniform.
Anime Nano! 2008
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They have to be a parody of the kind of salaryman concerns you see in things like Shima Kôsaku.
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After graduating college, he became a "salaryman" at Maruzen Oil Co., the predecessor to Cosmo Oil Co.
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Incidentally, I don't see my husband that often because he's always working (he's a "salaryman"), so in my case, marriage is more like chocolate cake every weekend for the rest of my life, which sounds pretty good to me.
Archive 2005-03-01 2005
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"I lead two separate lives -- during the day, I'm a full-time 'salaryman' in a web design company, but at night I come to '2-chome' to work here as a barman," said Yuu, who declined to give his last name.
PageOneQ.com Latest 2010
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"I lead two separate lives -- during the day, I'm a full-time 'salaryman' in a web design company, but at night I come to '2-chome' to work here as a barman," said Yuu, who declined to give his last name.
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It's been the sarariman, or "salaryman", for years and years.
Sourcing Innovation the doctor 2010
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"Tokyo Sonata" - "The master of Japanese chills," Kiyoshi Kurosawa departs from his specialty for this domestic drama about the intricate lies a "salaryman" who loses his job creates to protect his family.
JSOnline.com 2009
jodi commented on the word salaryman
Used in the book World War Z sections with "oral history" from Japan.
April 18, 2011