職しょく
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. job; work; employment; occupation; position
2. duties
3. trade; skill
Kanji used
being employed
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (107 in total)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
occupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade
one's post; place of work; workplace
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
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)
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
resignation
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
to take up employment
government service; official position; civil service
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
the teaching profession; education of laity
one's duty; vocation
professional job; profession
to take up employment
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
occupational ability; function; role
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
dismissal; sacking; discharge
police questioning (of a suspicious person); police checkup
esteemed profession (e.g. priest, monk, teacher, doctor, etc.); venerable vocation; ministry; priesthood; holy orders
honorary position
office job; clerical work
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
last position; previous job; predecessor
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
responsible position
public office
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
to hunt for a job; to seek employment
(name of) one's occupation; title of one's position; (job) title; official title
to resign from one's post
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
military profession; military post
the same occupation; the said occupation
office organization; office organisation; management; managerial post
employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job
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
to have a trade; to have a vocation
subcontractor
prominent or high post
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
lowly government servant; humble government servant; I; me
honorable post; honourable post
to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job
head prostitute (of a brothel); leader of a group of friends; best of its kind; something without rival
holding a job; being employed; (arch.) being learned; (arch.) being knowledgeable; (arch.) having great artistic talent; (arch.) being a skilled performer
this duty; this task; this job; I (as the person in charge of this task)
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
special position in the civil service (exempted from application of the Local Public Service Act)
workplace and residence
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
maker of metallic ornaments
not employed; holding a post but having no duties
public security official (e.g. policemen, prison officers)
board of chamberlains
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)
ordination; appointment to a post
to have a trade; to have a vocation
busy job; exhausting work
maker of metallic ornaments
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)
official seal
management level; job level
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
head prostitute (of a brothel); leader of a group of friends; best of its kind; something without rival
busy job; exhausting work
appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)
you; high-ranking government official
sedentary work
uniform (for a profession); (professional) attire; robe; work clothes; overalls; coveralls
Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince
remaining in office
research work; career in research; research position; researcher
appointment to an official post; assignment
job category; work classification
party position; party post
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.