使用人|しようにんshiyounin[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounemployee; servant
   私は使用人しようにんの一人ひとりをくびにした。↗

   I discharged one of my servants.

• Synonym召し使いめしつかいNeutralA servant in a private household, with an old-fashioned, aristocratic air; 「使用人」 is the neutral, general term for anyone employed.
• Synonym下人げにんWrittenA menial servant of low standing, with a disparaging nuance; 「使用人」 is more neutral.
• Synonym下郎げろうWrittenA male servant, used with contemptuous overtones; 「使用人」 is more neutral.
• Synonym奉公人ほうこうにんWrittenOne serving a samurai household or merchant family, also a warrior attending his lord; historical, where 「使用人」 is modern.
• Related家来けらいWrittenA samurai's retainer or vassal, carrying a historical flavor; 「使用人」 belongs to modern employment.
• Related下働きしたばたらきNeutralMenial chores done under someone, or such a helper; 「使用人」 broadly means anyone employed.
• Related奴婢ぬひWrittenSlaves and bondservants under the ancient ritsuryō system; a historical term, while 「使用人」 is modern.
• Related侍さぶらいWrittenAn archaic word for a noble's attendant or guard; 「使用人」 refers to modern employment.
• RelatedおそばNeutralAn attendant serving close beside a lord or superior, with respectful overtones; 「使用人」 is neutral.
• Antonym主人しゅじんNeutralThe master of a house or an employer — the opposite of the employed 「使用人」.
• Antonym主あるじWrittenThe head of a household, standing opposite the servant 「使用人」; a word of written, formal prose.
• Antonym雇い主やといぬしNeutralThe employer — the other side of the hired 「使用人」.

Use 「使用人」 for a hired servant or employee, as in 「使用人を雇う」. For household servants say 「召し使い」, for samurai retainers 「家来」, and for those serving a samurai house or merchant family 「奉公人」. The employer is 「雇い主」 and the master is 「主人」.

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1. 人ひとや物ものを使用しようする人ひと。使用者しようしゃ。利用者りようしゃ。
2. 他人たにんに雇用こようされる人ひと。被用者ひようしゃ。