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一いち時じ解かい雇こ
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. (temporary) layoff
Kanji used
一
one
時
time
解
unravel
雇
hire
Pitch accent
い
ちじか
いこ
Conjugations...
Composed of
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
dismissal (of an employee); discharge; firing; layoff
Examples (6 in total)
He was laid off.
The workers were laid off for three weeks.
The factory has laid off some three hundred workers.
He was laid off until there was more work to do.
The company laid off twenty percent of its work force; therefore, expenses decreased.
As the recession set in, temporary employees were laid off one after another.