craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
job; work; duties; trade; skill
one's post; place of work; workplace
finding employment; getting a job
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
clergyman; churchman; clergy
change of job; change of occupation; career change
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple); abbot
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
job hunting; job searching
type of occupation; occupational category
important post; important office; key position
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
government service; official position; civil service
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
the teaching profession; education of laity
temporary retirement; leave of absence; suspension from office
professional job; profession
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
in the course of one's duties
occupational ability; function; role
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
dismissal; sacking; discharge
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
spirit of a true craftsman; artisan spirit; pride in one's craft
reinstatement; reappointment
neglect (dereliction) of duty; negligence
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
esteemed profession (e.g. priest, monk, teacher, doctor, etc.); venerable vocation; ministry; priesthood; holy orders
(compulsory) retirement (on reaching retirement age); mandatory retirement
office job; clerical work
last position; previous job; predecessor
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
letter of resignation; request for retirement
job title; name of one's position
work experience; work history
one's work environment; job conditions
job hunting; job searching
job (work) training (for the unskilled)
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
official duties; office; function
clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work
craftsmanship; artisanship
being in the service of; serving at; holding office
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
employment position or rank
being in office; holding a position; employment; service
marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
notice of resignation; (one's) resignation; resignation notice
after retirement; after resigning
position; opening; employment
to hunt for a job; to seek employment
return to work; going back to work
mass resignation (of officeholders); collective resignation
professional; careerman; worker
(name of) one's occupation; title of one's position; (job) title; official title
administrative staff; business clerk; clerical force; clerical officer; clerical personnel; clerical staff
to resign from one's post
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
person who has died at his post (in the performance of his duties)
looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job
walkout; strike; desertion
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
retirement at one's own request
military profession; military post
the same occupation; the said occupation
Public Employment Security Office
job hunting; seeking employment
resigning from one's job when one gets married; retirement due to marriage; leaving a job because of marriage
employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job
office organization; office organisation; management; managerial post
range of one's work; one's area of responsibility; range of one's duties; place of one's work
former job; former position
corrupt policeman; dirty cop
spirit of a true craftsman; artisan spirit; pride in one's craft
former employee; retired person; retired employee; retiree
teacher-training curriculum
spirit of a true craftsman; artisan spirit
jobless university graduate
job description; job specification; job content
employment agency; placement agency; labour exchange; labor exchange
job separation rate; job turnover
gardener; landscape gardener; nurseryman
Public Offices Election Act
to have a trade; to have a vocation
(written) resignation; letter of resignation
Public Employment Security Office
marriage between co-workers
lowly government servant; humble government servant; I; me
honorable post; honourable post
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
manual piecework done at home
land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system)
to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job
voluntary resignation; voluntary retirement; voluntary redundancy; voluntary layoff
employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)
head prostitute (of a brothel); leader of a group of friends; best of its kind; something without rival
job-placement magazine (for new graduates)
career change site; job change site
regular respondent to a periodical or radio program
amicable resignation (retirement); resigning (retiring) from one's job of one's free will
holding a job; being employed; (arch.) being learned; (arch.) being knowledgeable; (arch.) having great artistic talent; (arch.) being a skilled performer
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
employee of a non-governmental or non-profit organization
applicant for a job; job seeker; job-hunter
professional education; vocational training
expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purge
this duty; this task; this job; I (as the person in charge of this task)
corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery
special position in the civil service (exempted from application of the Local Public Service Act)
job placement; employment assistance
en masse resignation of the cabinet
encouragement to retire early; retirement stimulus
maker of metallic ornaments
job hunting; job searching
spirit of true craftsman; (craftsman's) pride in his work
voluntary resignation; retiring for personal reasons
not employed; holding a post but having no duties
retired person (who has reached retirement age); retiree
public security official (e.g. policemen, prison officers)
classified telephone directory
invention by an employee; employee invention; service invention
The Police Duties Execution Act
having one's workplace at home (e.g. as an independent farmer, home worker, storekeeper); living and working at the same location
retirement benefit system; retirement system; retirement plan
having one's workplace near one's home
night work (in the entertainment business or sex industry)
retired employee; unemployed person
intellectual occupation; intellectual profession; learned profession
Diet officer; Diet official; Diet staff member
female office worker; (lit.) flower of the office
early retirement program; early retirement programme
railway police officer (pre-1987)
scaffold constructor; steeplejack
man dressed like an artisan; man of workmanlike appearance
Board of Ceremonies (part of the Imperial Household Agency)
work-at-home scheme (scam in which the offer of a highly paid work-at-home job is used to lure victims into paying substantial upfront costs)
career counseling (counselling)
situation-wanted advertisement
ordination; appointment to a post
letter of separation; unemployment slip; separation slip
resignation under instruction
salary supplement, usu. paid for mid-ranking employees
mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)
(white-collar) worker's union; faculty union
ship's personnel; ship's officers
busy job; exhausting work
dismissal at one's request
wages based on job evaluation
to urge someone to resign; to insist upon someone's resignation
Public Employment Security Office; PESO
job that requires traveling to work sites (e.g. repairman, gardener)
non-taxable land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system)
public official; public servant
Smaller Enterprise Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid System (retirement pension system established in 1959); SERAMA System; Chutaikyo System
accrued benefit; retirement benefits; post-employment benefits
occupational group; professional group; occupational cohort
correctional officer; corrections officer
ex-officio questioning; police questioning (of a suspicious person); a police checkup
salary based on work evaluation
temporary staff; loaned staff (e.g. from a parent or related organization)
daytime work (as opposed to work in the nighttime entertainment business or sex industry)
management level; job level
eradication of corruption
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
salary supplement, usu. paid for higher ranking employees
individual retirement account; IRA
sick leave; sickness leave
All-Japan Federation of Teachers' and Staff's Unions
polytechnic college (with two-year and four-year courses)
Polytechnic University of Japan
dismissal on the grounds of unsuitability; dishonorable discharge
Kochi Professional University of Rehabilitation
Kinki Polytechnical College
Biwako Professional University of Rehabilitation
(two-year) polytechnic college
Japan Vocational Ability Development Association
Mutual Aid Association of Private School Personnel
Professional Institute of International Fashion
Kaishi Professional University
Mutual Aid Association of Prefectural Government Personnel
professional association; professional body; professional organization; professional society
business development skills school
notification for compulsory retirement
polytechnic school for persons with disabilities
Smaller Enterprise Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid Corporation
iU (private university in Tokyo)
hiring rate; accession rate
Vocational Abilities Development Promotion Act
vocational training college
leaving at the convenience of the company
craft union; horizontal union
name used in the workplace (e.g. one's maiden name)
International Professional University of Technology in Tokyo
Okayama Healthcare Professional University
Act for Enforcement of the Education Personnel Certification Act
vocational center for persons with disabilities
Shizuoka Professional University of Agriculture
appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)
Tokyo Professional University of Health Sciences
Mutual Aid Associations of Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery Corporation Personnel
labor unrest; labour unrest
certificate of employment
vocational representation system
fixed-term official; fixed-term member; fixed-term employee
executive positions in the civil service
job description; job specification
long-standing member of the Diet
training institute for teaching staff
Municipalities Officials Mutual Aid Association
Education Personnel Certification Act
occupational hearing loss; occupational deafness
you; high-ranking government official
quitting one's job to care for one's family (e.g. one's elderly or sick parents)
occupational cancer; cancer caused by occupational hazards
vocational rehabilitation
one's views on occupations (careers, jobs, etc.)
changing or leaving one's job
uniform (for a profession); (professional) attire; robe; work clothes; overalls; coveralls
one's business career; one's professional experience
criminal abuse of power; crimes committed by public officials in violation of their duties
Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince
research work; career in research; research position; researcher
appointment to an official post; assignment
job category; work classification
retirement at the suggestion of one's employer
party position; party post
mainly; principally; chiefly; for the most part