アルバイト

Japanese

FWOTD – 11 January 2013

Etymology

From German Arbeit (“work, job”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) アルバ​イト [àrúbáꜜìtò] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [a̠ɾɯ̟ᵝba̠ito̞]

Noun

アルバイト • (arubaito) 

1. part-time job, especially for students (as opposed to one's main occupation when it is only part time)

   管(かん)理(り)職(しょく)だった男(だん)性(せい)は 50(ごじゅう)代(だい)でリストラに遭(あ)い、コンビニのアルバイトをするしかなかった。[1]

   Kanrishoku datta dansei wa gojū-dai de risutora ni ai, konbini no arubaito o suru shika nakatta.

   He was part of management, but was laid off after (lit. "had a bad encounter with") a corporate restructuring when he was in his 50s, and had no other choice but to take a part-time job at a convenience store.

2. part-time worker

   毎(まい)日(にち)新(しん)聞(ぶん)阪(はん)神(しん)支(し)局(きょく)は一(いっ)般(ぱん)事(じ)務(む)と編(へん)集(しゅう)補(ほ)助(じょ)業(ぎょう)務(む)に従(じゅう)事(じ)するアルバイト １(いち)名(めい)を募(ぼ)集(しゅう)します。[2]

   Mainichi Shinbun Hanshin shikyoku wa ippan jimu to henshū hojo gyōmu ni jūji suru arubaito ichimei o boshū shimasu.

   The Mainichi Shimbun Hanshin branch office is recruiting one part-time worker for general clerical service and editing assistance.

Synonyms

• (job): バイト (baito); パート (pāto), パートタイム (pāto-taimu)
• (worker): アルバイトの人(ひと) (arubaito no hito)

Derived terms

• バイト (baito)

See also

• Korean: 아르바이트 (areubaiteu)