I Love Kanji雇う (yatou)
雇う (やとう, yatou) is a Japanese verb meaning “to employ; to hire”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- やとう
- Romaji
- yatou
- Word class
- Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う
- Level
- JLPT N3 (unofficial)
Meaning
- to employ; to hire; to take on · godan verb, transitive
- to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire · godan verb, transitive
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 雇う
Godan verb (う-verb) ending in う. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Dictionary | 雇う | やとう yatou |
| Polite (~masu) | 雇います | やといます yatoimasu |
| Negative | 雇わない | やとわない yatowanai |
| Polite negative | 雇いません | やといません yatoimasen |
| Past | 雇った | やとった yatotta |
| Polite past | 雇いました | やといました yatoimashita |
| Negative past | 雇わなかった | やとわなかった yatowanakatta |
| Te-form | 雇って | やとって yatotte |
| Potential | 雇える | やとえる yatoeru |
| Passive | 雇われる | やとわれる yatowareru |
| Causative | 雇わせる | やとわせる yatowaseru |
| Volitional | 雇おう | やとおう yatoou |
| Imperative | 雇え | やとえ yatoe |
| Conditional (~ba) | 雇えば | やとえば yatoeba |
Kanji in 雇う
Source: JMdict entry 1605570 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.