Keyword
serve
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1033
Readings
し
(94%)
つか
(2%)
じ
(1%)
Composed of
thin person
professional
Mnemonic

A professional is a person who serves his clients or his boss for money. Even if he's a thin weakling, as a proper professional he will do his job!

Used in vocabulary (453 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)
way; method; means; resource; course
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to serve; to work for; to attend
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing; one's work
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
to buy (stock, materials, etc.); to purchase; to lay in; to get; to obtain
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
way; method; means; (technical) specification
service; ministry; attendance; offering goods at a reduced price; providing a service for free
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
at work; in the midst of work; working
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
finish; finishing; finishing touches
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
place where one works; construction site; working area
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
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
finish; end; completion; result
physical work; manual labour (labor)
the way one works; one's working manner
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
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
working in the fields; working on a farm
official; civil service
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
preparation; arrangements
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
mechanism; mechanical parts; jack-in-the-box
to quit one's job; to resign
on the way home from work
helplessly; reluctantly
(one's) workload; amount of work (to be) done by one
classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
for work; in a manner related to work
entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty
first day returning to work after the New Years holiday; first task at a new job; newcomer's first job
government service; entering government service; finding a new lord or master to serve (of a ronin)
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
personal attendant; valet; maid
to do; to perform; to carry out; (arch.) to serve; (arch.) to wait upon; (arch.) to attend
dirty work; unpleasant task
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
end; close; finish; termination
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
punishment (esp. spanking a child); criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
tailor; dressmaker
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
voluntary activity; voluntary service; labor of love
tailor; dressmaker
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
work clothes; business suit
match; game; bout; contest
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
handwork; handcraft; manual labor; manual labour; working with one's hands
court service
unable to do one's work; can't get anything done
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
needlework; sewing
situation; developments; outcome
partition between two rooms; room divider; partition wall
manual; instructions; guide; specification document; specifications; blueprint
to re-tailor; to have altered; to remake (clothing); to renovate
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
overall finish; mop-up
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
cruel treatment; raw deal; kick in the pants
to quit one's job; to resign
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
cost price; buying price
punishment (esp. spanking a child); criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
to finish one's work
professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes
scrubbing and washing; kitchen work
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
doer; performer; shite; protagonist; speculator
job hunting; job searching
farm work; field labour; field labor
bureaucratic routine; red tape
living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
carpentry; woodworking; woodwork
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
cost price; buying price
to put away; to stow away; to tuck away; to hoard
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
swordstick; sword cane; loaded cane
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
servant (of the people); minister (of religion)
end; close; finish; noh dance in plain clothes
getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again; starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one
dress; outfit; getup; to dress oneself; to outfit oneself
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
the way one works; one's working manner
to take revenge; to retaliate; to do over again; to redo; to start over
stand-up work; work performed standing
partition board; plank used as a partition; board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around
to serve a master; to serve one's employer faithfully
program review; budget screening; review and prioritization of government programs
voluntary social service
office desk; work desk
buying (of stock, materials, etc.); purchasing; stocking; laying in; procurement
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
last business day of the year (usu. December 28)
food delivery service; catering; walk-on part (in a play or film); background actor; extra
waiter; waitress; waitperson
to be assiduous in one's business
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
job (responsibility) of a section
being immersed in work; working non-stop; being swamped with work; being up to one's ears in work
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
finish; finishing; finishing touches
hasty preparation; cramming; goods prepared in a hurry (after they were already needed); makeshift; half-baked
bossy person; self-appointed manager; bossyboots
to accomplish; to finish; to fulfill
rush job; slipshod job; quick-and-dirty work
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
there are no tricks or gimmicks (phrase used at magic shows); perfectly ordinary (e.g. mirror, pack of cards)
box lunches for delivery; catering meal
forestry; lumbering; timbering; work done in the mountains
one's fate (fortune) as concerns business
alteration (esp. of suits and kimonos); re-tailoring; remaking
workman; enterpriser; schemer
servant's clothes provided by an employer; livery
there are no tricks or gimmicks (phrase used at magic shows); perfectly ordinary (e.g. mirror, pack of cards)
to train; to teach; to acquire (information); to learn; to stock; to stock up on
rough work; hard work
labor service; labour service
work fiend; devil for work
swordstick; sword cane; loaded cane
to (go and) do; to make (a blunder, mess, etc.); to perpetrate; to achieve; to accomplish; to pull off
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
unhappiness; misfortune; ill luck
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
booby trap explosive; booby trap bomb
sewing; tailoring; newly tailored clothes
execution ground
(being) married to one's work
to be finished; to be completed; to be done
to begin to do; to start doing; to cater; to make and deliver (food)
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
match; game; bout; contest
resignation; seventy years of age
large-scale speculative go-around
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
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
extemporary; improvised; extemporaneous
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
servant's clothes provided by an employer; livery
to do over; to remake; to resume
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
for work; in a manner related to work
finish; end; completion; result
helplessly; reluctantly
workaholic; person who is totally devoted to his work
delivery; sending; treatment
dressing oneself (e.g. to go out); outfitting oneself
confusing set-up; puzzling method
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
finish; finishing; finishing touches
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
early closing; finishing (work) early
dressing oneself (e.g. to go out); outfitting oneself
kitchen work; housework; scullion; servant who works in the kitchen (usu. female)
longshoreman; baggageman
starting lines in the ring
punishment (of children); spanking; smacking; criminal punishment (esp. execution; Edo period)
free dressmaking ticket (with a purchase of cloth)
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
stupid; meaningless; worthless; hopeless (person, situation); beyond help; beyond saving
cursed be working for others; wretched is the lot of a government official; it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else; (lit.) serving at court is something one should not do
longshoreman; stevedore
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
learned at ...; acquired at ...
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases
classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
preparing for winter; winter clothes
trapdoor; trap door
to serve; to build as commanded
structured bond
finishing up (a job); selling out; buying up
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
work opening; work position
workbench; work table
early closing; finishing (work) early
(one's) view on work; (one's) opinion on work-life balance
work in progress; WIP; goods in process
work done for enjoyment (as a diversion); dilettante work
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
to close a position
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
partition; divider
extemporary; improvised; extemporaneous
hasty preparation; cramming; goods prepared in a hurry (after they were already needed); makeshift; half-baked
sewing; tailoring; newly tailored clothes
talking with gestures
tacking; basting (thread)
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
finishing up
kitchen work; work in the kitchen; kitchen chores
delivery; sending; treatment
partition; divider
service organization; service club; volunteer group
tacking (in needlework); basting; planting (esp. rice seedlings); discipline; training
to manage (all by oneself); to control; to run; to take charge of
to begin (doing); to start (doing)
to apply for a job; to apply for work
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
purchase price; unit purchase price
way of training; method of bringing up children
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
bath taken after everyone else (in the family)
making things out of straw (winter work for farmers)
tacking (in needlework); basting; planting (esp. rice seedlings); discipline; training
speculative stock
post-retirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern
likely to do; liable to do; (quite) capable of doing; may (well) do; might do; could do
execution ground
to succeed as planned; to carry through; to accomplish
vat for making rice wine
uniforms provided for workers (by the employer); something forced upon one; something imposed on one
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
tedious job; troublesome job; time-consuming job; piecework
specially tailored; tailor-made; specially arranged (train, plane, etc.)
to be reluctant to do; to hesitate to do; to be unable to do; to not be in a position to do
book-keeping journal
quantity of goods laid in; cost of goods purchased
don't complain until the job is finished; the end crowns the work
extemporary; improvised; extemporaneous
singlemindedly devoted to work
classification; sorting (out); grouping; assortment journalizing (in bookkeeping)
brand new (clothes)
to be used to doing; to be experienced in
to do over; to start anew
(successive lords) using the same retainers
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss
job hunting; job searching
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
way; method; means; (technical) specification
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
talking with gestures
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
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
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)
bureaucratic routine; red tape
blunder; failure; mistake; error
standards author; writer of standards
swordstick; sword cane; loaded cane
talking with gestures
one can not serve two masters
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
temporary employment; a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time
bargain goods; sale items
work in progress; WIP; goods in process
preparation for rain
in the end; finally; after all; ultimately
method; way
test specification
being immersed in work; working non-stop; being swamped with work; being up to one's ears in work
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
hasty preparation; cramming; goods prepared in a hurry (after they were already needed); makeshift; half-baked
spade work; subcontract
goods left unsold
polishing; polished finish; burnished finish
getting ready to go out in the snow; clothing for going out in the snow; snow gear
way of training; method of bringing up children
protagonist (in the first half of a play)
stock of goods received
implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)
settlement; winding or straightening up
silk pouch with drawstring for holding a tea caddy (tea ceremony)
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
treatment; conduct (towards another); behavior; stage performance; movements (of an actor); acting gestures
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to do over; to remake; to resume
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
resuming work after the New Year's vacation; first time that one works in the year
appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done
to start something; to have started something, but not yet finished it
program review; budget screening; review and prioritization of government programs
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
rush job; slipshod job; quick-and-dirty work
apt to do; liable to do; tend to do; prone to do
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
work; job; labor; labour; business; task
work; job; labor; labour; business; task
longshoreman; baggageman
darn it!; darn!; oops!; oh dear!; oh no!
talking with gestures
talking with gestures
talking with gestures
work in progress; WIP; goods in process
work in progress; WIP; goods in process
purchase price; unit purchase price
quantity of goods laid in; cost of goods purchased
temporary employment; a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time
protagonist (in the second half of a play)
silk pouch with drawstring for holding a tea caddy (tea ceremony)
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
outset; beginning; starting (things); resuming work after the New Year's vacation
to serve at the same time
maidservant
commencement
finishing workman; finisher; fitter
finishing workman; finisher; fitter
punished criminal
punished criminal
journal (accounts)
manual; instructions; guide; specification document; specifications; blueprint
style of clothes; method of tailoring; method of training
preparation (e.g. of land for tilling); ground clearance; clearing
amateur work (in art); work done in carefree mood without regard to time or expenses
internal method; inner resources
helplessly; reluctantly; as a last resort
helplessly; reluctantly; as a last resort
backbreaking work
end-of-year settling of accounts
transactions on dealer's terms
consolidated monthly invoice; itemized invoice; itemised invoice; statement of accounts
consolidated monthly invoice; itemized invoice; itemised invoice; statement of accounts
making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric
making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric
speculators' (speculative) market
extended memory specification; XMS
program specification
functional specification
first-run limited edition technical recording
female servant who works in the kitchen
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business
settlement price; invoice price
settlement price; invoice price
men pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system); palanquin bearer (Edo period)
blunder; failure; mistake; error
waterproofing (of a building); flashing; weathering
waterproofing (of a building); flashing; weathering
being able to live as an artist is no blessing
educational costs (e.g. when raising children)
educational costs (e.g. when raising children)
gate valve; sluice valve
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake; to miss
impossible to do
tail end; tailender; last person (to arrive, finish etc.); dead last
tail end; tailender; last person (to arrive, finish etc.); dead last
Examples (200 in total)
I thought that was your job.
You must work more.
You must do work.