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雇う · godan verb (-u)

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	雇やとう	雇やとわない
Polite	雇やといます	雇やといません
Past polite	雇やといました	雇やといませんでした
Past	雇やとった	雇やとわなかった
Te-form	雇やとって	雇やとわないで
Desire	雇やといたい	雇やといたくない
Potential	雇やとえる	雇やとえない
Passive	雇やとわれる	雇やとわれない
Causative	雇やとわせる	雇やとわせない
Causative passive	雇やとわせられるalso 雇やとわされる	雇やとわせられないalso 雇やとわされない
Volitional	雇やとおう
Polite volitional	雇やといましょう
Imperative	雇やとえ	雇やとうな
Conditional	雇やとえば	雇やとわなければ
Tara conditional	雇やとったら	雇やとわなかったら

Meanings

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

employ; hire; take on

Used for hiring people as employees, staff, or workers. The object is typically a person or a role.

会かい社しゃは新あたらしい社しゃ員いんを雇やとった。
The company hired a new employee.
アルバイトを雇やといたいんですが。
I'd like to hire a part-time worker.

godan verb (-u), transitive verb

charter; hire

Used for chartering or hiring vehicles, boats, and similar services. The object is typically a car, taxi, boat, or plane.

観かん光こうのためにタクシーを雇やとった。
We hired a taxi for sightseeing.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉を雇やとうto hire/employ someone
会かい社しゃは新あたらしい社しゃ員いんを雇やとった。
The company hired a new employee.
タクシーを雇やとうto hire/charter a taxi
駅えきまでタクシーを雇やとって行いった。
We hired a taxi to get to the station.
〈人ひと〉を正せい社しゃ員いんとして雇やとうto hire someone as a full-time employee
彼かれを正せい社しゃ員いんとして雇やとうことにした。
We decided to hire him as a full-time employee.
船ふねを雇やとうto charter a boat
島しままで小ちいさな船ふねを雇やとった。
We chartered a small boat to get to the island.
〈人ひと〉をパートで雇やとうto hire someone part-time
夏なつの間あいだだけ学がく生せいをパートで雇やとった。
We hired students part-time just for the summer.

Kanji

雇employ, hire
傭employ, hire

Related words· 6

採さい用ようN2sense 1
採用する is a more formal term for hiring through a selection process, while 雇う is the general everyday word for employing someone.
チャーター sense 2
チャーターする specifically means to charter a plane, boat, or bus, while 雇う can also cover simpler cases like hiring a taxi.
雇こ用ようN1sense 1
雇用する is a formal, often legal or business term for employment, whereas 雇う is the plain verb used in everyday speech.
借かりるN5sense 2
借りる means to borrow or rent an object without an operator, while 雇う implies hiring a service that comes with a driver or crew.

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採とるN3
雇う is the everyday word for hiring someone, while 採る is a more formal term often used for recruiting new graduates or staff.
抱かかえるN2
雇う simply means to hire someone, while 抱える implies having staff on an ongoing basis with a sense of responsibility or burden.

Opposites

解かい雇こN1sense 1
解雇する means to fire or dismiss an employee, the opposite of 雇う which means to hire one.
くびにするN2
雇う means to hire someone, the opposite action of 首にする, which means to fire someone.

Don't confuse with

雇やとい
雇う is the verb meaning 'to hire', while 雇い is the noun form referring to the person hired or the state of being employed.

Word family· 11

雇やとい
employee; employment
日ひ雇やとい
day labor; daily employment; day laborer
雇やとい主ぬし
employer
常じょう雇やとい
regular employment; full-time employment · regular employee; full-time employee; permanent employee
雇やとい人にん
employee; hired worker

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雇やとい口ぐち
job; employment; position
臨りん時じ雇やとい
temporary employment; temporary employee
雇やとい入いれ
hiring; employment; engagement
雇やとい止どめ
termination of employment contract; unfair dismissal
雇やとい入いれる
employ; hire; take on
お雇やとい外がい国こく人じん
foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government during the Bakumatsu and Meiji periods

Written forms

雇やとうUsage92%
Standard kanji spelling for employing people and chartering services.
やとうUsage5%
傭やとうUsage3%
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; 雇う is overwhelmingly preferred.

Etymology

The kanji 雇 is composed of 戸 (door) and 隹 (bird), originally suggesting a bird kept at home, which extended to the idea of employing someone. The reading やとう is of native Japanese origin.