雇い・雇・傭い・傭|やといyatoi[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
雇い雇い is the most common form and the default choice for learners. It is written with kanji and kana and means “employee” or “employment.”
雇雇 is less common than 雇い and is written with kanji only. It has the same basic meaning, but 雇い is the safer choice for learners.
傭い傭い is a rarely used mixed kanji-and-kana form of 雇い. You may encounter it, but use 雇い instead as a learner.
傭傭 is a rarely used kanji-only variant of 雇い. If you encounter it, recognize it as a variant, but use 雇い instead as a learner.
Definitions
- nounemployee; employment
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym雇用こようWrittenWritten/formal term for the act or relationship of employing people, as in 「雇用契約」「終身雇用」; more formal than 「雇い」.
- Synonym従業員じゅうぎょういんWrittenWritten word for people working at a company, as in 「従業員数」; points to the workers themselves rather than the hiring.
- Synonym被雇用者ひこようしゃFormalFormal, legal-sounding term for the party that is employed; too stiff for everyday speech.
- Related雇い人やといにんNeutralSomeone hired to work for another person; the word has an old-fashioned ring.
- Related雇用者こようしゃFormalFormal term that can mean either employer or employee; in statistical usage it usually means the employee.
- Antonym解雇かいこWrittenWritten word for letting an employee go; the opposite side of 「雇い」 as hiring.
「雇い」 mostly appears in compounds like 「日雇い」「雇い主」「臨時雇い」. For the employment relationship in formal prose use 「雇用」; for staff say 「従業員」; the opposite of hiring is 「解雇」.
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