ガテン系

Japanese

Kanji in this term
系
けい Grade: 6

Etymology

From ガテン (Gaten), a publication of primarily blue-collar employment advertisements, +‎ 系 (-kei, “style”). Literally, “Gaten-type”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡa̠tẽ̞ŋke̞ː]

Noun

ガテン系(けい) • (gatenkei) 

1. manual labor
   • 2011, Nakaya Mitsuhiro, Sanjū-dai yonjū-dai no tame no tenshoku seikō gaido [Guide to successful career change in your thirties or forties], page 91:

     いわゆるガテン系(けい)求(きゅう)人(じん)が多(おお)く、ホワイトカラー系(けい)のものが極(きょく)端(たん)に少(すく)ないのが特(とく)徴(ちょう)。

     Iwayuru Gaten-kei kyūjin ga ōku, howaitokarā-kei no mono ga kyokutan ni sukunai no ga tokuchō.

     There are many so-called Gaten-type jobs, and very few white-collar-type ones.

   • 2014, Nakano Kirito, Yamashita Hisatake, Do shirōto demo kasegaru netto fukugyō no hon [Book of online side jobs for amateurs], page 44:

     例(たと)えば、時(じ)間(かん)労(ろう)働(どう)型(かた)ではガテン系(けい)が有(ゆう)名(めい)だ。引(ひっ)越(こ)しスタッフなどでは日(にっ)給(きゅう)1(いち)万(まん)円(えん)以(い)上(じょう)で常(つね)に求(きゅう)人(じん)を募(ぼ)集(しゅう)している。

     Tatoeba, jikan rōdō kata de wa gatenkei ga yūmei da. Hikkoshi sutaffu nado de wa nikkyū ichiman-en ijō de tsuneni kyūjin o boshū shite-iru.

     For example, a well-known type of hourly labor is manual labor. Moving companies, for example, are always recruiting, with daily wages around 10,000 yen or more.

2. a manual laborer, a blue-collar worker
   • 2009, Kobayashi Noriko, Entame tsūyaku no kiki-kata hanashi-kata [Writing and speaking style of an entertainment industry translator], page 30:

     ガテン系(けい)の人(ひと)は絶(ぜっ)対(たい)的(てき)に優(やさ)しいと書(か)きましたが、信(しん)ちゃんが公(こう)道(どう)で車(くるま)椅(い)子(す)を使(つか)う生(せい)活(かつ)になってから、特(とく)にそれを実(じっ)感(かん)します。

     Gatenkei no hito wa zettaiteki ni yasashii to kakimashita ga, Shin-chan ga kōdō de kurumaisu o tsukau seikatsu ni natte kara, tokuni sore o jikkan shimasu.

     I have written that manual laborers are always kind, and I especially feel this since Shin-chan has been using a wheelchair on public streets.

See also

• 合(が)点(てん) (gaten, “agreement; understanding”)