雇う

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
雇
やと
Grade: S
kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
傭う

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of "雇う"
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形) 		雇う やと​う
Imperative (命令形) 雇え やと​え
Key constructions
Passive 雇われる やとわれ​る
Causative 雇わせる やとわせ​る
Potential 雇える やとえ​る
Volitional 雇おう やとお​ー
Negative 雇わない やとわ​ない
Negative perfective 雇わなかった やとわ​なかった
Formal 雇います やといま​す
Perfective 雇った やと​った
Conjunctive 雇って やと​って
Hypothetical conditional 雇えば やと​えば

Verb

雇(やと)う • (yatou) ←やとふ (yatofu)?transitive godan (stem 雇(やと)い (yatoi), past 雇(やと)った (yatotta))

  1. hire

Conjugation

Conjugation of "雇う" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
Katsuyōkei ("stem forms")
Mizenkei ("imperfective") 雇わ やとわ yatowa
Ren’yōkei ("continuative") 雇い やとい yatoi
Shūshikei ("terminal") 雇う やとう yatou
Rentaikei ("attributive") 雇う やとう yatou
Kateikei ("hypothetical") 雇え やとえ yatoe
Meireikei ("imperative") 雇え やとえ yatoe
Key constructions
Passive 雇われる やとわれる yatowareru
Causative 雇わせる
雇わす 		やとわせる
やとわす 		yatowaseru
yatowasu
Potential 雇える やとえる yatoeru
Volitional 雇おう やとおう yatoō
Negative 雇わない やとわない yatowanai
Negative continuative 雇わず やとわず yatowazu
Formal 雇います やといます yatoimasu
Perfective 雇った やとった yatotta
Conjunctive 雇って やとって yatotte
Hypothetical conditional 雇えば やとえば yatoeba

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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