委員

いいん · iin · JLPT N3 · noun

committee member

🗳️ 委員 = entrust 委 + member 員: a member entrusted with a task

委 means to entrust or delegate, and 員 means member, as in 会社員 (company employee). A 委員 is a member the group has entrusted with its business. Sound hook: iin is close to 'he's in' — he's in on the committee.

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