職

Meaning

職 centers on a formal role or occupation: a post, employment, or the work one does in that role.

• 職場しょくば
  N3

  one's post; place of work; workplace

• 職しょく
  N3

  job; work; employment; occupation; position

• 職員しょくいん
  N1

  staff member; employee; worker; personnel

• 職業しょくぎょう
  N3

  occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling; business

• 就職しゅうしょく
  N3

  finding employment; getting a job

• 退職たいしょく
  N2

  retirement; resignation

• 職人しょくにん
  N3

  craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

• 転職てんしょく
  N2

  change of job; change of occupation; career change

• 職務しょくむ
  N1

  professional duties

• 辞職じしょく
  N1

  resignation

• 無職むしょく
  N3

  without an occupation; unemployed; jobless

• 役職やくしょく
  N1

  post; official position

• 現職げんしょく

  present post; current office; (an) incumbent

• 職種しょくしゅ

  type of occupation; occupational category

• 汚職おしょく
  N1

  corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft

• 住職じゅうしょく

  chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)

• 公職こうしょく

  public office

• 教職員きょうしょくいん

  teaching staff; faculty

• 離職りしょく

  employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job

• 休職きゅうしょく

  temporary retirement; leave of absence; suspension from office

• 本職ほんしょく

  principal occupation; main job

• 内職ないしょく
  N1

  side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; side hustle

• 求職きゅうしょく

  job hunting; seeking employment

• 職歴しょくれき
  N1

  work experience; work history

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