雇こ用よう

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雇用する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

Refers to the act of employing someone or the state of being employed. Used in both noun and suru-verb constructions.

〈人ひと〉を雇こ用ようするto employ someone
この会かい社しゃは毎まい年ねん新しん卒そつを100人にん雇こ用ようしている。
This company employs 100 new graduates every year.
雇こ用ようを創そう出しゅつするto create jobs/employment
政せい府ふは新あたらしい産さん業ぎょうで雇こ用ようを創そう出しゅつしようとしている。
The government is trying to create jobs through new industries.
雇こ用ようが増ふえる／減へるemployment increases/decreases
不ふ況きょうで雇こ用ようが減へっている。
Employment is decreasing due to the recession.
雇こ用ようを維い持じするto maintain employment (levels)
会かい社しゃは困こん難なんな時じ期きでも雇こ用ようを維い持じしようと努ど力りょくした。
The company worked to maintain employment even during hard times.

採さい用ようN2
採用 focuses on selecting and taking on someone for a specific role, while 雇用 refers more broadly to the ongoing employment relationship.
雇やとうN3
雇う is the everyday native verb for hiring someone personally, while 雇用 is the formal noun used in business, legal, and statistical contexts.
就しゅう業ぎょうN1
雇用 emphasizes the employer's act of hiring or maintaining employment, while 就業 focuses on the worker actually being engaged in or starting work.
雇やとい
雇用 is the formal, abstract term for employment used in business and legal contexts, while 雇い more directly denotes a hired person or the act of hiring.

解かい雇こN1
解雇 means dismissing or firing an employee, the direct opposite of 雇用, which means hiring or employing them.
自じ営えいN1
雇用 means being employed by someone else, the direct opposite of 自営, which means running one's own independent business.

就しゅう職しょくN3
就職 describes getting a job from the job-seeker's point of view, whereas 雇用 describes hiring from the employer's or system's point of view.
起き用よう
雇用 (こよう) means to employ someone in general, while 起用 (きよう) means to appoint someone to a specific role; the words sound similar but differ in meaning.

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Compound of 雇 (やと.う, 'to employ') and 用 (もち.いる, 'to use'). The kanji combination conveys the idea of employing someone for a purpose.