フリーランサー

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

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A person who works independently on a contract basis, not as a permanent employee. Common in creative, media, and IT fields.

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He works as a freelancer doing web design.

フリーランサーは自じ分ぶんで仕し事ごとを探さがさなければならない。

Freelancers have to find work on their own.

フリーランサーとして働はたらくto work as a freelancer
彼かれは会かい社しゃを辞やめてフリーランサーとして働はたらいている。
He quit his company and now works as a freelancer.
フリーランサーになるto become a freelancer
デザインの仕し事ごとでフリーランサーになりたいと思おもっている。
I'm thinking of becoming a freelancer in design work.

フリーランス
フリーランサー refers specifically to a freelance person, while フリーランス more often describes the freelance work style itself, though the two are often used interchangeably for the person.
自じ由ゆう業ぎょう
自由業 is a broader, older Japanese term for self-employed professions, while フリーランサー specifically evokes the modern, often IT/creative-sector freelancer.
個こ人じん事じ業ぎょう主ぬし
個人事業主 is the legal/tax term for a sole proprietor, whereas フリーランサー is the casual, everyday word for someone working freelance.

会かい社しゃ員いんN5
会社員 is a salaried company employee with a fixed employer, the opposite work arrangement to a フリーランサー who works independently on contracts.

Borrowed from English 'freelancer'.