パートタイム

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Japanese

Etymology

From English part-time.

Pronunciation

Noun

パートタイム (pāto-taimu

  1. (attributive) the state of being part-time
    パートタイムの()(ごと)
    pāto-taimu no shigoto
    a part-time job
    パートタイム(ろう)(どう)(しゃ)
    pāto-taimu rōdōsha
    a part-time worker
    • 1988 July 30 [1985 July 25], Fujiko F. Fujio, “アン() (おお)いに(いか)る ((あか)()のアン() (かい)(だい) [When Anko Really Gets Mad (originally titled Redheaded Anko)]”, in 宇宙船製造法 [How to Build a Spaceship] (藤子不二雄少年SF短編集; 3), 6th edition, volume 3 (fiction), Tokyo: Shogakukan, →ISBN, page 50:
      それでね、パントマイムでもやろうと(おも)ってあちこちさがしてるの。おとうさんにはないしょよ。じゃ、おやすみなさい。ただ(いま)パントマイムいったのはパートタイムのあやまりでした。
      Sore de ne, pantomaimu de mo yarō to omotte achikochi sagashiteru no. Otō-san ni wa naisho yo. Ja, oyasuminasai. Tada ima, pantomaimu itta no wa pāto-taimu no ayamari deshita.
      And I’ve also been looking around for a pantomime job. Dad doesn’t know about that, though. Anyway, good night, mom. Oh, actually I meant part-time, not pantomime.

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