Japanese symbol for “temp”
臨時従業員
りんじじゅうぎょういん
Romaji: rinjijuugyouin
temporary employee; temp
In Japanese, temp is 臨時従業員, read りんじじゅうぎょういん (rinjijuugyouin).
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Meanings
- n temporary employee; temp
Kanji and stroke order
Other Japanese words for “temp”
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 臨時職員 | りんじしょくいん rinjishokuin | temporary worker; temp |
Related words
Words that share a kanji.
| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 臨時 | りんじ rinji | temporary; provisional; interim |
| 臨床 | りんしょう rinshou | clinical (e.g. pathology, training, trial) |
| 臨む | のぞむ nozomu | to look out on; to overlook; to front onto |
| 君臨 | くんりん kunrin | reigning (over a country) |
| 臨海 | りんかい rinkai | coastal; seaside; oceanfront |
| 臨界 | りんかい rinkai | boundary |
| 時間 | じかん jikan | time |
| 時代 | じだい jidai | period; epoch; era |
| 従来 | じゅうらい juurai | up to now; so far |
| 企業 | きぎょう kigyou | enterprise; business; company |
| 全員 | ぜんいん zen'in | all members; all hands; everyone |
See also: Chinese symbol for “temp”.
Data: JMdict (CC BY-SA 4.0); KANJIDIC2 (CC BY-SA 4.0); KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.