雇われ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
雇
やと
Grade: S
kun'yomi

Etymology

From the 連用形(れんようけい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of 雇(やと)われる (yatowareru, “the passive form of 雇(やと)う (yatou)”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) やとわれ [yàtówáré] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ja̠to̞β̞a̠ɾe̞]

Noun

雇(やと)われ • (yatoware) 

  1. person working for someone else, employee

Usage notes

Usually used as a prefix, such as 雇われマダム

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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