パート Japanese meaning

パート Japanese meaning | Kotomora

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アルバイトN5sense 2
アルバイト often refers to casual or student part-time work, while パート typically describes part-time jobs held by housewives or older workers.
部ぶ分ぶんN3sense 1
部分 is the plain Japanese word for a portion or section, while パート is a katakana loanword used for parts of a show, book, or system.
フリーターN3
パート also means a part-time worker, but it's typically used for housewives or older adults doing part-time work, while フリーター usually refers to young people who make part-time work their main livelihood.
非ひ常じょう勤きんN1
パート is a casual, everyday word for part-time work, while 非常勤 is a more formal term used in official or institutional contexts.

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パートタイマー
パート is the everyday shortened form of パートタイマー, used casually in speech and job listings.
嘱しょく託たく
パート is the general, casual term for a part-time worker, while 嘱託 usually implies a fixed-term contract with specific duties, often for re-employed retirees.
バイトN3
パート usually refers to regular part-time work taken by housewives or older workers, whereas バイト is the typical word for students' casual or temporary jobs.

Opposites

正せい社しゃ員いんN2sense 2
正社員 is a full-time, permanent employee, the direct opposite of a パート part-timer.
フルタイム sense 3
フルタイム describes full-time work, the opposite of パート (part-time) employment.

Politeness

パートタイマーpolite 丁寧語sense 2
パートタイマー is the full, slightly more formal form of パート when referring to a part-time worker.
パートタイムpolite 丁寧語N4sense 3
パートタイム is the full form of パート when describing part-time employment itself, as in パートタイムの仕事.

Don't confuse with

アパートN5
アパート means 'apartment' and is unrelated in meaning to パート despite the similar sound and spelling.

Word family

パートタイムN4
part-time
パートタイマー
part-timer; part-time worker
パート主しゅ婦ふ
housewife who works part-time
センターパート
center part; middle part

Etymology

Loanword from English 'part', entering Japanese in the mid-20th century. The abbreviation senses for part-time work and part-timer developed from the longer forms パートタイム and パートタイマー.

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