ショク
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. job; work; employment; occupation; position
2. duties
3. trade; skill
Pitch accent
ショ
ク
Used in vocabulary (94 in total)
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
public office
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
change of job; change of occupation; career change
type of occupation; occupational category
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
resignation
employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job
handicraft
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
one's post; place of work; workplace
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
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)
important post; important office; key position
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
government service; official position; civil service
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
the teaching profession; education of laity
one's duty; vocation
professional job; profession
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
occupational ability; function; role
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
dismissal; sacking; discharge
honorary position
office job; clerical work
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
last position; previous job; predecessor
esteemed profession (e.g. priest, monk, teacher, doctor, etc.); venerable vocation; ministry; priesthood; holy orders
responsible position
work experience; work history
official duties; office; function
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work
being in office; holding a position; employment; service
employment position or rank
(name of) one's occupation; title of one's position; (job) title; official title
the same occupation; the said occupation
priesthood
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
former job; former position
discharge; dismissal
subcontractor
military profession; military post
prominent or high post
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
lowly government servant; humble government servant; I; me
honorable post; honourable post
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
maker of metallic ornaments
head prostitute (of a brothel); leader of a group of friends; best of its kind; something without rival
being learned; being knowledgeable; having great artistic talent; being a skilled performer; being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households
this duty; this task; this job; I (as the person in charge of this task)
subordinate post
special position in the civil service (exempted from application of the Local Public Service Act)
workplace and residence
not employed; holding a post but having no duties
public security official (e.g. policemen, prison officers)
board of chamberlains
ordination; appointment to a post
man dressed like an artisan; man of workmanlike appearance
Board of Ceremonies (part of the Imperial Household Agency)
night work (in the entertainment business or sex industry)
busy job; exhausting work
employed person
official seal
tatami maker
management level; job level
blue-collar work
job that requires traveling to work sites (e.g. repairman, gardener)
daytime work (as opposed to work in the nighttime entertainment business or sex industry)
Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince
appointment to an official post; assignment
sedentary work
you; high-ranking government official
party position; party post
appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)
remaining in office
uniform (for a profession); (professional) attire; robe; work clothes; overalls; coveralls
research work; career in research; research position; researcher
job category; work classification
mainly; principally; chiefly; for the most part
Examples (37 in total)
He is seeking employment.
I considered changing my job.
Thousands of people lost their jobs.