雇やとう

やとう yatou

to employ
to hire

godan verbtransitive

Chinese meanings

雇用

Examples

Furigana

あの店は８人の店員を雇っている。
That store employs eight clerks.
那家店雇了八名店员。
Tatoeba #230540
彼かれはまだその会かい社しゃに雇やとわれている。
He is still on the payroll of the company.
他仍受雇于那家公司。
Tatoeba #110855

Use this entry in code

import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('b9a7186462'); // 雇う

{
  "id": "b9a7186462",
  "word": "雇う",
  "reading": "やとう",
  "romaji": "yatou",
  "meanings": [
    "to employ",
    "to hire"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "v5u",
    "vt"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1605570,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あの店は８人の店員を雇っている。",
      "en": "That store employs eight clerks.",
      "tatoeba_id": 230540
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼はまだその会社に雇われている。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}はまだその{会社|かいしゃ}に{雇|やと}われている。",
      "en": "He is still on the payroll of the company.",
      "tatoeba_id": 110855
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "202772dd0722e0fdb5c84a153781ffc334fd66a54552fb87df666ba1b2304366",
    "meanings": [
      "雇用"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あの店は８人の店員を雇っている。",
        "zh": "那家店雇了八名店员。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼はまだその会社に雇われている。",
        "zh": "他仍受雇于那家公司。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/b9a7186462",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1605570; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "1c63a4d5acf58eec37c7321b1ab60b55d8505ee43517673685d9b6a7ad5f76b5"
  }
}