けん
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
1. dispatch; despatch; deployment
Noun
Abbreviation
2. temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
Kanji used
belonging to a group
use (something intangible)
Pitch accent
けん
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Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
expeditionary force
temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency
temporary employee placement
disaster relief operation; disaster relief mission
downsizing by laying off part-time and temp. workers
contingent; detachment
delegation; contingent
temporary worker (dispatched from an agency); dispatched worker
Self-Defense Force mission; Self-Defense Force dispatch
temporary labor; dispatch work
reporter posted to another location (city, country, etc.); reporter on assignment
temporary staff; loaned staff (e.g. from a parent or related organization)
temporary employee placement
Examples (3 in total)
He was sent on a special mission to Europe.
He was sent abroad as a correspondent.
Troops were swiftly called in to put down the riot.