day labor; daily employment; day laborer
Refers to work hired on a daily basis, or a person who does such work. Often used in contexts of temporary manual labor.
He makes a living doing day labor.
Day laborers gather early in the morning.
day laborer
Standard common form; used in news and everyday contexts.
Abbreviated form, seen in compounds and headlines.
Rare abbreviated form using 傭; not commonly encountered.
Rare kanji form using 傭; not commonly encountered.
Compound of 日 (day) and 雇い (hiring), from the verb 雇う (to employ).