昼ひる職しょく

noun

daytime job; day job

Used in contexts where a distinction is made between regular daytime employment and nighttime work in the entertainment or sex industry (夜職). Often appears in discussions about leaving the nightlife industry for a conventional career.

See also: 夜職

• 彼かの女じょは夜よるの仕し事ごとを辞やめて、昼ひる職しょくに就ついた。

  She quit her night job and got a daytime job.

• 昼ひる職しょくと夜よる職しょくの両りょう立りつは体たい力りょく的てきにきつい。

  Balancing a day job and night work is physically tough.