1.
dispatch; sending; deployment
The act of sending personnel to a specific location or assignment, such as troops, diplomats, or aid workers.
救援部隊が被災地に派遣された。
A rescue team was dispatched to the disaster area.
国連は監視団を派遣する方針を決めた。
The United Nations decided on a policy of dispatching an observer group.
海外に技術者を派遣して現地で指導にあたる。
Engineers are dispatched overseas to provide on-site guidance.
2.
temporary staffing; temp work
A system where workers are employed by a staffing agency and sent to work at client companies. A major form of non-regular employment in Japan.
派遣で働いている。
I work as a temp.
派遣社員から正社員になった。
I went from being a temp worker to a permanent employee.
派遣切りが社会問題になったことがある。
The termination of temp workers has been a social issue.
USAGE:
Sense 1 (dispatch) is used in military, diplomatic, and organizational contexts. Sense 2 (temp staffing) is extremely common in modern Japanese and refers to the 派遣労働 system, where staffing agencies (派遣会社) provide workers to client companies. This became a major social topic during the 2008 financial crisis, when mass layoffs of temp workers (派遣切り) drew national attention.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 派遣する: to dispatch, to send
- 派遣社員: temp worker, dispatched employee
- 派遣会社: staffing agency, temp agency
- 派遣労働: temporary work, dispatch labor
- 派遣切り: termination of temp workers
- 自衛隊の派遣: dispatch of Self-Defense Forces