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仕業 (しわざ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

仕し業わざ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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noun

deed; act; one's doing

Often used for negative or questionable deeds, but can refer to any act attributed to someone. Common in phrases like ～の仕業だ (it's the work of ...).

これは誰だれの仕し業わざだ？
Whose doing is this?
いたずらは弟おとうとの仕し業わざに違ちがいない。
The prank must be my little brother's doing.

Written forms

仕し業わざUsage73%
Standard kanji spelling; the most common written form.
しわざUsage27%
シワザUsage1%
為業しわざ
rarely-used kanji form
Rarely used kanji form; learners will almost always encounter 仕業.

Kanji

仕attend, doing, official
業business, vocation, arts
為do, change, make

Similar words

行こう為い
行為 is a more formal, neutral term for an act or conduct, while 仕業 often carries a nuance of attribution or blame.
所しょ業ぎょう
所業 is a literary or formal word for one's deeds, often with a negative connotation, similar to 仕業 but less common in everyday speech.

Etymology

Compound of 仕 (し, 'to do') and 業 (わざ, 'work, deed'). The reading しわざ is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi of 仕 and the kun'yomi of 業.