Results, to employ
- 雇う☆【やとう】傭う Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
- to employ
- to hire; to charter
ウチだって閑古鳥が鳴くようなカツカツの状態だから、バイトを雇う余裕なんてない。 We're in a slump, barely scraping by, so we certainly don't have the margin to take on a part-time worker.
- 入れる☆【いれる】容れる・函れる Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo)
- to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire
- to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to - esp. 容れる
- to include
- to pay (one's rent, etc.)
- to cast (a vote)
- to make (tea, coffee, etc.) ➜ 淹れる
- to turn on (a switch, etc.)
- to send (a fax); to call
留学生も入れるのかしら。 I wonder if exchange students can join this club.
彼女はお茶を入れる前にお湯が沸くまで待った。 She waited until the water boiled before making the tea with it.
- 使う★【つかう】遣う Inflection
godan ~う verb / transitive:
アジア諸国などから出稼ぎにきた外国人をメイドとして使うのが常識のようになっている。 It has become common practise to employ foreigners working abroad from Asian countries as maids.
あぁいらいらする・・・今やパソコンを使うたびに頭痛がするよ。 So annoying... Now I get a headache whenever I use the computer!
- 置く☆【おく】 Inflection
godan ~く verb / transitive:
- to put; to place
- to leave (behind)
- to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.); to set up
- to appoint (someone to a certain position); to hire; to employ
- to place (one's trust, one's faith, etc); to bear (in mind etc)
- to put down a tool (e.g. a pen) hence stopping what one is doing with that tool
- to take in (boarders, etc.); to provide lodging in one's house
- to separate spatially or temporally
godan ~く verb / auxiliary verb:
- to do something in advance - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone
- to leave something in a certain state; to keep something in a certain state - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone
薬は子供の手の届かないところに置くべきだ。 Medicine should be out of the way of children.
机の上に寝かせて置くと転がって落ちることがあるので、試験管立てに立てておく。 If you leave them lying on the desk they may roll off, so stand them in the test-tube rack.
- 抱える★【かかえる】 Inflection
ichidan verb / transitive:
- to hold or carry under or in the arms
- to have (esp. problems, debts, etc.)
- to employ; to engage; to hire
彼女はその丸太を半ば引きずるように、半ば抱えるようにして運んだ。 She half dragged, half carried the log.
彼らはおそらく結果として多くの心理的問題を抱えることになり、それは長い目で見ればもっと悪いことになるだろう。 They will probably have many psychological problems as a result, and that would be worse in the long run.
- 採る☆【とる】 Inflection
godan ~る verb / transitive:
- to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on
- to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects)
- to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample)
- to assume (an attitude)
- to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire
- to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)
- アリバイ会社【アリバイがいしゃ】
noun:
- front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls) ➜ ダミー会社
- 伝家の宝刀を抜く【でんかのほうとうをぬく】 Inflection
expression / godan ~く verb:
- to employ one's secret weapon; to play one's trump card; to use the ace up one's sleeve - idiom
- 人を得る【ひとをえる】 Inflection
expression / ichidan verb:
- to employ the right person; to choose somebody with the right qualities
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