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臨時雇い (りんじやとい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
Meanings 1
noun
temporary employment ; temporary employee
Refers both to the act of hiring someone temporarily and to the person hired on a temporary basis. Context determines whether it means the job arrangement or the worker.
彼かれ
は
臨りん
時じ
雇やと
い
と
し
て
倉そう
庫こ
で
働はたら
い
て
いる
。
He works at the warehouse as a temporary employee.
Written forms 臨りん 時じ 雇やと い
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana.
臨りん 時じ 雇やとい
Variant without okurigana; also common.
Similar words パート パート usually refers to part-time regular employment, while 臨時雇い is explicitly temporary and often for a fixed short term.
アルバイト アルバイト is a common casual term for part-time or side jobs, often by students; 臨時雇い is more formal and emphasizes the temporary nature.
Etymology Compound of 臨時 (rinji, 'temporary, extraordinary') and 雇い (yatoi, 'employment, hiring'), the nominal form of 雇う (yatou, 'to employ').
