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離職 (rishoku) Japanese meaning: leaving one's job | Kotomora
Common word› Freq. Frequency Top 20,000 Conjugation 離職する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'
Form Positive Negative Dictionary 離り 職しょく する 離り 職しょく しない Polite 離り 職しょく します 離り 職しょく しません Past polite 離り 職しょく しました 離り 職しょく しませんでした Past 離り 職しょく した 離り 職しょく しなかった Te-form 離り 職しょく して 離り 職しょく しないで Desire 離り 職しょく したい 離り 職しょく したくない Potential 離り 職しょく できる 離り 職しょく できない Passive 離り 職しょく される 離り 職しょく されない Causative 離り 職しょく させる 離り 職しょく させない Causative passive 離り 職しょく させられる 離り 職しょく させられない Volitional 離り 職しょく しよう Polite volitional 離り 職しょく しましょう Imperative 離り 職しょく しろ 離り 職しょく するな Conditional 離り 職しょく すれば 離り 職しょく しなければ Tara conditional 離り 職しょく したら 離り 職しょく しなかったら
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職しょく
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He left his job due to family circumstances.
A company with a high turnover rate may have some problems.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 を 離り 職しょく する to leave one's job at 〈place/company〉
He left the company he had worked at for many years.
離り 職しょく 率りつ が 高たか い ／ 低ひく い the turnover/separation rate is high/low
This industry is known for having a high employee turnover rate.
離り 職しょく 票ひょう を 発はっ 行こう する to issue a certificate of employment separation
Kanji 離 detach, separation, disjoin Related words 退職 specifically means retiring or resigning from a job, often at a natural endpoint like age or career stage, while 離職 broadly covers any separation from employment, voluntary or not.
失業 refers to the state of being unemployed after losing work, whereas 離職 refers to the act of leaving the job itself.
解雇 means being fired or dismissed by the employer, a purely involuntary act, while 離職 covers both voluntary resignation and involuntary dismissal.
Opposites 就職 means getting a job or starting employment, the opposite process to 離職, which means leaving one's job.
在職 refers to remaining employed, while 離職 refers to leaving one's job or position, often for economic or personal reasons.
Word family job separation rate; turnover rate
separation notice; unemployment slip; letter of separation
person who has left a job; former employee; unemployed person
leaving a job to care for a family member; caregiving-related resignation
Etymology Compound of 離 (ri, 'separate from') and 職 (shoku, 'job, occupation'). The kanji combination directly conveys the meaning of separating from one's occupation.
Companies are obligated to issue a separation certificate to employees who leave.
