雇う
やとう
hepburn yatou
to employ, to hire
Part of speech · godan-verb
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Examples
- その店は夏に学生をたくさん雇います。That shop hires many students in summer.
- 会社は新しい技術者を雇いました。The company employed a new engineer.
Collocations
人を雇う社員を雇う雇われる新しく雇うアルバイトを雇う
Mnemonic
雇う yatou — kanji 雇 (to hire) + the godan ending う. Transitive: to pay someone to work — to employ, to hire (object marked with を). The passive 雇われる (yatowareru) means "to be employed." Together with K-71's 給料 (salary) and K-67's 会社, it marks the starting point of working life.
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What does the passive 雇われる mean?