採用|さいようsaiyou[0]heiban (flat)

1. noun, suru verb, transitive verbuse; adoption; acceptance
   ６世紀せいきにアングロ・サクソン族ぞくはローマ文字もじを採用さいようした。↗

   In the 6th century, the Anglo-Saxons adopted Roman characters.
2. noun, suru verb, transitive verbappointment; employment; engagement; recruitment
   都会とかいの会社かいしゃは有能ゆうのうな若者わかものを採用さいようしようと互たがいに張り合はりあった。↗

   City firms vied with each other to hire the brightest young staff.

• Synonym採択さいたくWrittenWritten register: adoption by formal vote in a parliament or meeting, as in 「決議を採択する」; an official decision rather than general use.
• Synonym採るとるNeutralNative-Japanese verb for adopting a method or taking a measure, as in 「方針を採る」; the method-and-measure side of 「採用」.
• Synonym導入どうにゅうNeutralIntroducing a new system or technology, as in 「新システムを導入する」; emphasizes bringing something in from outside.
• Synonym用いるもちいるNeutralWritten register: to use or apply something, as in 「新しい方法を用いる」; about the using itself, while 「採用」 is about the decision to take it up.
• Synonym雇用こようNeutralWritten register: employment as a relationship or institution, as in 「雇用契約」; 「採用」 is the act of hiring itself.
• Synonym採納さいのうWrittenWritten word for accepting or adopting an opinion; rare in modern Japanese — in everyday speech 「採用」 is the usual choice.
• Related取り上げるとりあげるNeutralAlso to pick something up; to hear out and adopt an opinion, or take up a topic for discussion or coverage, as in 「意見を取り上げる」; 「採用」 is the formal adopt-or-hire word.
• Related取り入れるとりいれるNeutralTo absorb or introduce something and make it part of your own practice, as in 「外国の文化を取り入れる」; stresses incorporation into what you already have.
• Related雇うやとうNeutralEveryday verb for hiring a person; common in speech, while 「採用」 leans toward formal recruitment.
• Related召し抱えるめしかかえるFormalFormal, archaic term for a lord hiring retainers, as in samurai households; rarely used in modern Japanese.
• Related雇い入れるやといいれるNeutralWritten register: to take on new employees; leans toward corporate hiring — the hiring side of 「採用」.
• Antonym拒否きょひNeutralRefusing or rejecting a request or proposal; the opposite of 「採用」 in its accept-a-proposal sense.
• Antonym却下きゃっかWrittenWritten register: dismissing an application or petition; opposes 「採用」 in the sense of not adopting it.
• Antonym不採用ふさいようNeutralThe direct opposite: not hiring or not adopting, as in a 「不採用通知」 rejection notice.

Use 「採用」 for adopting a proposal or hiring staff, as in 「新卒採用」 and 「意見を採用する」. For adoption by a formal vote say 「採択」; for introducing a new system or technology, 「導入」. The opposites are 「不採用」 and 「却下」.

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

1. 意見いけん、方法ほうほうなどを取り上とりあげ用もちいること。採択さいたく。適用てきよう。
2. 組織そしきがその構成員こうせいいんとして人ひとを雇やとうこと。雇用こよう。