Maddies Manga

Having a part time job is something most high schoolers go through, and our shoujo characters are no different!

The word for part time job in Japanese is actually “アルバイト” or “arubaito”, but it’s often shortened to just “バイト” or “baito” Japanese really loves a good abreviation! This word stems from a German word – you would be surprised by the amount of loan words found in Japanese!

Example Sentences

First, let’s try a simple sentence!: “I have an interview for a part time job tomorrow!”

Now, let’s make a word bank:

English	Hiragana / Katakana	Kanji	Romaji (reading)
Tomorrow	あした	明日	Ashita
Part time job	バイト	N/A	Baito
Interview	めんせつ	面接	Mensetu
To have / to exist	あります	N/A	Arimasu

Now, let’s write it out in romaji!:

“Ashita wa baito no mensetsu ga arimasu.”

Let’s change it to hiragana:

“あした　は　バイト　の　めんせつ　が　あります。”

And lastly, let’s add in the kanji:

”明日　は　バイト　の　面接　が　あります。”

**If we want to make this sentence a smidge more formal, we can replace “baito” with the full “arubaito”!

---

What if we want to say… “I quit my part time job yesterday” Something many working shoujo manga high schoolers dream of, I imagine!

First up, we need a word bank!

English	Hiragana	Kanji	Romaji (reading)
Yesterday	きのう	昨日	Kinou
Part time job	バイト	N/A	Baito
To quit (past tense)	やめました	辞めました	Yamemashita

Now that we know all of the relevant words, let’s put them together in a sentence!

First, in romaji only:

“Kinou wa baito o yamemashita.”

Now using hiragana:

“きのう　は　バイト　を　やめました。”

Now let’s add in the kanji:

”昨日　は　バイト　を　辞めました。”

---

Let’s try one more sentence! What if we want to say… “My boyfriend recently got a part time job!“? Maybe so he can save up money to buy an anniversary present~?

Let’s get the word bank started!

English	Hiragana / Katakana	Kanji	Romaji (reading)
Recently / The other day	このあいだ	この間	Kono aida
My	わたしの	私の	Watashi no
Boyfriend	かれし	彼氏	Kareshi
Part time job	バイト	N/A	Baito
To get (past tense)	できました	出来ました	Dekimashita

Alright, let’s make some sentences!

First, using romaji only:

‘Kono aida, watashi no kareshi wa baito ga dekimashita!”

Now using hiragana:

“このあいだ　わたし　の　かれし　は　バイト　が　できました！”

Now let’s add in the kanji:

”この間　私　の　彼氏　は　バイト　が　できました！”

---

And that’s baito! Have you heard this word before?

---

Was my post helpful? I hope you learnt something! If you want to support me so that I can continue to share my love of all things shoujo, you can always buy me a coffee!