マネージャー

• 読み: マネージャー
• ローマ字: maneejaa
• 発音: /ma.neː.dʑaː/

意味

Manager. A person who organises, oversees, or supports a team or business operation.

A loanword from English 'manager' with context-dependent meanings in Japanese: (1) in business, a department or store manager (店長 is also used); (2) in sports clubs (especially school clubs), the team manager who handles equipment, scheduling, and logistics rather than playing; (3) in entertainment, a talent manager. The school club マネージャー role is distinctive to Japanese culture and very common in anime and manga.

例文

1. 高校時代はサッカー部のマネージャーをしていた。
2. 新しいプロジェクトのマネージャーに任命された。
3. マネージャーがスケジュールを調整してくれた。

使い方ガイド

場面: business, school clubs, sports, entertainment

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From English 'manager,' borrowed into Japanese and written in katakana. The word entered common use during the postwar period as Western business practices and sports culture became widespread in Japan.

文化的背景

時代: Postwar

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal