雇われ

Japanese
Kanji in this term
雇
やと
Grade: S
kun’yomi

Etymology

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

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

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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