日雇い

Japanese

Kanji in this term
日	雇
ひ Grade: 1	やと Grade: S
kun'yomi

Alternative spellings
日雇日傭い

Etymology

日(ひ) (hi, “day”) + 雇(やと)い (yatoi, “employing”), the 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 雇(やと)う (yatou, “to employ”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ひやとい [hìyátóí] (Heiban – [0])^[1]^[2]
IPA^(key): [çija̠to̞i]

Noun

日(ひ)雇(やと)い • (hiyatoi) ^{←ひやとひ (fyatofi)^?}

day labor (employment on a day-by-day basis)
day laborer (someone employed on a day-by-day basis)

Derived terms

日雇(ひやと)い労働者(ろうどうしゃ) (hiyatoi rōdōsha)

References

^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN