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アルバイトする · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

part-time job; side job

Commonly used for student part-time work or any secondary job. Often abbreviated as バイト in casual speech.

from German Arbeit

Refers to the person doing the part-time job. Often used in contexts like hiring or scheduling.

アルバイトをするto work a part-time job
大だい学がく生せいの間あいだ、カフェでアルバイトをしていた。
While I was a university student, I worked a part-time job at a café.
アルバイトを雇やとうto hire a part-time worker
店てん長ちょうは新あたらしいアルバイトを雇やとった。
The manager hired a new part-time worker.
アルバイトを探さがすto look for a part-time job
夏なつ休やすみの間あいだにアルバイトを探さがそうと思おもっている。
I'm planning to look for a part-time job during summer break.
〈場ば所しょ〉でアルバイトをするto work part-time at a place
コンビニでアルバイトをしている。
I work a part-time job at a convenience store.
アルバイト代だいwages from a part-time job
アルバイト代だいで新あたらしい靴くつを買かった。
I bought new shoes with my part-time job earnings.

バイトN3sense 1
バイト is the casual, spoken abbreviation of アルバイト, used mainly among friends or in informal writing.
パートN4sense 1
パート usually refers to part-time work taken by housewives or older workers, while アルバイト is more associated with students and younger people.
フリーターN3sense 2
フリーター describes a person who lives mainly off a series of アルバイト jobs rather than holding regular employment.
パートタイムN4
アルバイト is the everyday word for a part-time or side job, especially for students, while パートタイム is a more formal loanword often used in employment contracts and statistics.

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内ない職しょくN1
アルバイト refers to part-time work in general, often outside the home, whereas 内職 specifically means extra work taken on alongside a main job or done at home.
パートタイマー
アルバイト is a broader term for casual or student part-time work, while パートタイマー usually refers to an ongoing, scheduled part-time job.
派は遣けん社しゃ員いんN2
派遣社員 is typically full-time work arranged through an agency, while アルバイト usually refers to casual, often part-time work hired directly.

正せい社しゃ員いんN2sense 2
正社員 is a permanent, full-time employee, contrasting with an アルバイト who works part-time and often without the same benefits.
フルタイム sense 1
フルタイム describes full-time work hours, opposite to the shorter, flexible hours typical of アルバイト.

フリーターN3
アルバイト refers to the part-time job itself, while フリーター refers to the person who lives by doing such jobs.
サイドビジネスN1
アルバイト is simply a part-time job and doesn't imply the person also has a main career, unlike サイドビジネス which specifically means a business run alongside one's main work.

Borrowed from German 'Arbeit' (work). In Japanese, it specifically refers to part-time or side work, not work in general.