How to say "employ" in Japanese

• 雇うやとうJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers the core sense of 'employ': to engage a person as a worker, to hire and take someone on. This is the word you want when a company or person employs or hires workers.
  あの店みせは８人にんの店員てんいんを雇やとっている。↗

  That store employs eight clerks.
• 使うつかうJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbHere 'employ' means to use a person, not to hire one: to make use of someone's labor or skills. For the hiring sense of 'employ' this is not the word you want.
  アジア諸国しょこくなどから出稼でかせぎにきた外国人がいこくじんをメイドとして使つかうのが常識じょうしきのようになっている。↗

  It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.
• 入れるいれるJLPT N5approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbAlongside its senses of admitting and accepting, it can mean taking a person on — hiring someone into a company or team, as a new member brought in.
  留学生りゅうがくせいも入いれるのかしら。↗

  Can foreign students be in the club?

For employing or hiring a person, use 「雇う」; 「使う」 is for using a person's labor or skills rather than hiring them; 「入れる」 is for taking a new person on into a company or team.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 雇うやとうto employ
• 召し抱えるめしかかえるto employ (as a retainer)
• 雇い入れるやといいれるto employ
• 召し使うめしつかうto employ
• 役するえきするto set (citizens) to work
• 使うつかうto use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.)
• 入れるいれるto admit
• 抱えるかかえるto employ
• 擁するようするto command
• おくto appoint (someone to a certain position)
• 拾うひろうto take on (someone in adverse circumstances)
• 採るとるto take on (workers, students)