Keyword
being employed
Info
FrequencyTop 700-800
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig887
Readings
そく
(8%)
Composed of
ear
potter's clay
Used in vocabulary (309 in total)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
job; work; duties; trade; skill
one's post; place of work; workplace
finding employment; getting a job
professional duties
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
change of occupation; career change
clergyman; churchman; clergy
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
retirement; resignation
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
resignation
type of occupation; occupational category
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
important post; important office; key position
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
teaching staff; faculty
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
to take up employment
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
government service; official position; civil service
the teaching profession; education of laity
to take up employment
temporary retirement; suspension from office
professional job; profession
one's duty; vocation
in the course of one's duties
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
factory worker; craftsman; artisan
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
reinstatement; reappointment
one's (official) authority; power
spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work
neglect (dereliction) of duty; negligence
dismissal; sacking; discharge
honorary position
questioning (e.g. by police)
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
occupational ability; function; role
office job; clerical work
last position; previous job; predecessor
responsible position
letter of resignation; request for retirement
sacred profession; holy orders; vocation; ministry
work experience; work history
craftsmanship; artisanal
public office
job title; name of one's position
job hunting; job searching
losing one's job
official duties; office; function
craftsmanship; artisanship
being in office
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
job (work) training (for the unskilled)
suspension from office
being in the service of; serving at; holding office
marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
return to work; going back to work
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
notice of resignation; (one's) resignation; resignation notice
to hunt for a job; to seek employment
position; opening; employment
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
professional; careerman; worker
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work
retirement at one's own request
to resign from one's post
employment position or rank
person who has died at his post (in the performance of his duties)
former job; former position
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
suitable occupation
administrative staff; business clerk; clerical force; clerical officer; clerical personnel; clerical staff
official title; name of one's job
range of one's work; one's area of responsibility; range of one's duties; place of one's work
job hunting; seeking employment
looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job
the same occupation; the said occupation
employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job
office organization; office organisation; management; managerial post
discharge; dismissal
(written) resignation; letter of resignation
retired person; retiree
Public Employment Security Office
teacher-training curriculum
artisan's temperament; character of a complete artisan
jobless university graduate
to have a trade; to have a vocation
job description; job specification; job content
job separation rate; job turnover
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
employment agency; placement agency; labour exchange; labor exchange
marriage between co-workers
corrupt policeman; dirty cop
subcontractor
honorable post; honourable post
manual piecework done at home
prominent or high post
to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job
military profession; military post
Public Employment Security Office
employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)
letter of resignation; request for retirement
suspicion of corruption
studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households
holding a job; being employed; (arch.) being learned; (arch.) being knowledgeable; (arch.) having great artistic talent; (arch.) being a skilled performer
employees' union
amicable resignation (retirement); resigning (retiring) from one's job of one's free will
lowly government servant; humble government servant; I; me
employee of a non-governmental or non-profit organization
career change site; job change site
this duty; this task; this job; I (as the person in charge of this task)
applicant for a job; job seeker; job-hunter
(written) resignation; letter of resignation
expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purge
special position in the civil service (exempted from application of the Local Public Service Act)
professional education; vocational training
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
en masse resignation of the cabinet
corruption; bribery
regular respondent to a periodical or radio program
maker of metallic ornaments
job placement; employment assistance
spirit of true craftsman; (craftsman's) pride in his work
land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system)
encouragement to retire early; retirement stimulus
workplace and residence
agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
voluntary resignation; retiring for personal reasons
not employed; holding a post but having no duties
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
unemployed person
taking over a duty
discrimination; discernment; identification
invention by an employee; employee invention; service invention
resume showing career and job history; curriculum vitae
board of chamberlains
retirement benefit system; retirement system; retirement plan
having one's workplace near one's home
maker of metallic ornaments
neglect of official duty
retired employee; unemployed person
mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)
early retirement program; early retirement programme
having one's workplace at home; living and working at the same location (independent farmers, home workers, storekeepers, etc.)
intellectual occupation; intellectual profession; learned profession
job performed in one's home (e.g. tailor, seal engraver); domestic occupation
career counseling (counselling)
scaffold constructor; steeplejack
ordination; appointment to a post
letter of separation; unemployment slip; separation slip
night work (in the entertainment business or sex industry)
form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)
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)
Board of Ceremonies (part of the Imperial Household Agency)
man dressed like an artisan; man of workmanlike appearance
situation-wanted advertisement
resignation under instruction
scaffold constructor; steeplejack
busy job; exhausting work
ship's personnel; ship's officers
(white-collar) worker's union; faculty union
dismissal at one's request
to have a trade; to have a vocation
quitting one's job to care for one's family (e.g. one's elderly or sick parents)
to urge someone to resign; to insist upon someone's resignation
salary supplement, usu. paid for mid-ranking employees
workplace bullying
maker of metallic ornaments
wages based on job evaluation
non-taxable land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system)
maker of metallic ornaments
ex-officio questioning; police questioning (of a suspicious person); a police checkup
occupational group; professional group; occupational cohort
job placement; employment assistance
eradication of corruption
official seal
daytime work (as opposed to work in the nighttime entertainment business or sex industry)
accrued benefit; retirement benefits; post-employment benefits
yūsoku cuisine; banquet cuisine based on that of Heian period nobility
temporary staff; loaned staff (e.g. from a parent or related organization)
salary based on work evaluation
correctional officer; corrections officer
job that requires traveling to work sites (e.g. repairman, gardener)
management level; job level
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
maker of metallic ornaments
busy job; exhausting work
Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince
appointment to an official post
authority of the chair; power of the office of Speaker; power of the office of the President (of the House of Councillors)
labor unrest; labour unrest
sedentary work
sedentary work
individual retirement account; IRA
executive positions in the civil service
you; high-ranking government official
salary supplement, usu. paid for higher ranking employees
Specialist in Humanities (Japanese visa category)
party position; party post
girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel); brat; scamp; disciple; apprentice
hiring rate; accession rate
mace; (ceremonial) staff
Educational Personnel Certification Law; Teacher's License Law
appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)
mainly; principally; chiefly; for the most part
leaving at the convenience of the company
retirement at the behest of one's employer
occupational hearing loss; occupational deafness
fixed-term official; fixed-term member; fixed-term employee
job description; job specification
remaining in office
professional association; professional body; professional organization; professional society
one's views on occupations (careers, jobs, etc.)
Examples (200 in total)
When I grow up I'd like to be a confectioner.
What's your occupation?
This profession requires experience.