Kanji仕
Readingし
Frequency94%
Used in (287 in total)
work; job; labor; work
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
way; method; means; resource; course
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
way; method; means; (technical) specification
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
to partition; to divide; to direct; to manage; to settle accounts; to assume a crouching posture (at the start of a bout)
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
at work; in the midst of work; working
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
finish; finishing; finishing touches
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
place where one works; construction site; working area
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
physical work; manual labour (labor)
finish; end; completion; result
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
official; civil service
working in the fields; working on a farm
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
the way one works; one's working manner
big job; great task
to get poised again for charging; to toe the mark again; to start from scratch; to get a fresh start (on)
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
preparation; arrangements
doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator
government service; entering government service; finding a new lord or master to serve (of a ronin)
entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
helplessly; reluctantly
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
uniforms provided for workers (by the employer); something forced upon one; something imposed on one
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
to quit one's job; to resign
on the way home from work
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
handwork; handcraft; manual labor; manual labour; working with one's hands
for work; in a manner related to work
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
match; game; bout; contest
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
punishment (esp. spanking a child); criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
tailor; dressmaker
end; close; finish; termination
dirty work; unpleasant task
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
manual; instructions; guide; specification document; specifications; blueprint
work clothes; business suit
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
situation; developments; outcome
needlework; sewing
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
unable to do one's work; can't get anything done
to re-tailor; to have altered; to remake (clothing); to renovate
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
swordstick; sword cane; loaded cane
to finish one's work
farm work; field labour; field labor
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes
scrubbing and washing; kitchen work
cost price; buying price
carpentry; woodworking; woodwork
overall finish; mop-up
bureaucratic routine; red tape
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
job hunting; job searching
servant's clothes provided by an employer; livery
office desk; work desk
servant (of the people); minister (of religion)
to take revenge; to retaliate; to do over again; to redo; to start over
partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around
stand-up work; work performed standing
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
forestry; lumbering; timbering; work done in the mountains
food delivery service; catering; walk-on part (in a play or film); background actor; extra
job (responsibility) of a section
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
there are no tricks or gimmicks (phrase used at magic shows); perfectly ordinary (e.g. mirror, pack of cards)
voluntary social service
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
to be assiduous in one's business
alteration (esp. of suits and kimonos); re-tailoring; remaking
being immersed in work; working non-stop; being swamped with work; being up to one's ears in work
bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots
one's fate (fortune) as concerns business
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
last business day of the year (usu. December 28)
workman; enterpriser; schemer
rush job; slipshod job; quick-and-dirty work
rough work; hard work
resignation; seventy years of age
execution ground
work fiend; devil for work
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
box lunches for delivery; catering meal
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
sewing; tailoring; newly tailored clothes
labor service; labour service
(being) married to one's work
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
booby trap explosive; booby trap bomb
kitchen work; housework; scullion; servant who works in the kitchen (usu. female)
large-scale speculative go-around
to begin to do; to start doing; to cater; to make and deliver (food)
cost price; buying price
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
to do over; to remake; to resume
starting lines in the ring
workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work
delivery; sending; treatment
confusing set-up; puzzling method
longshoreman; baggageman
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
structured bond
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
longshoreman; stevedore
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
work opening; work position
workbench; work table
trapdoor; trap door
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
talking with gestures
work in progress; WIP; goods in process
work done for enjoyment (as a diversion); dilettante work
tacking; basting (thread)
finishing up
kitchen work; work in the kitchen; kitchen chores
(one's) view on work; (one's) opinion on work-life balance
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
tacking (in needlework); basting; planting (esp. rice seedlings); discipline; training
way of training; method of bringing up children
speculative stock
making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)
post-retirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern
to apply for a job; to apply for work
purchase price; unit purchase price
service organization; service club; volunteer group
bath taken after everyone else (in the family)
tedious job; troublesome job; time-consuming job; piecework
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
program review; budget screening; review and prioritization of government programs
free dressmaking ticket (with a purchase of cloth)
vat for making rice wine
book-keeping journal
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
to be used to doing; to be experienced in
to do over; to start anew
singlemindedly devoted to work
brand new (clothes)
quantity of goods laid in; cost of goods purchased
don't complain until the job is finished; the end crowns the work
(successive lords) using the same retainers
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to be unable to do; to not be in a position to do
to succeed as planned; to carry through; to accomplish
implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)
standards author; writer of standards
blunder; failure; mistake; error
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss
protagonist (in the first half of a play)
method; way
spade work; subcontract
test specification
stock of goods received
polishing; polished finish; burnished finish
temporary employment; a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time
goods left unsold
silk pouch with drawstring for holding a tea caddy (tea ceremony)
bargain goods; sale items
work; job; labor; labour; business; task
upstage right pillar (on a noh stage), where the main actor stands at the start and end of the play
outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
speculators' (speculative) market
helplessly; reluctantly; as a last resort
amateur work (in art); work done in carefree mood without regard to time or expenses
style of clothes; method of tailoring; method of training
extended memory specification; XMS
program specification
female servant who works in the kitchen
finishing workman; finisher; fitter
internal method; inner resources
backbreaking work
manual; instructions; guide; specification document; specifications; blueprint
punished criminal
functional specification
being able to live as an artist is no blessing
first-run limited edition technical recording
consolidated monthly invoice; itemized invoice; itemised invoice; statement of accounts
educational costs (e.g. when raising children)
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
gate valve; sluice valve
journal (accounts)
settlement price; invoice price
transactions on dealer's terms
commencement
blunder; failure; mistake; error
preparation (e.g. of land for tilling); ground clearance; clearing
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done
apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
impossible to do
men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system); palanquin bearer (Edo period)