noun, noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
immersed in work; swamped with work
Describes a state of being completely occupied by work, often with a negative nuance of having no time for anything else. Used as a noun or with の to modify another noun.
Lately I've been so swamped with work that I have no time for hobbies at all.
I want to break free from these days of being immersed in work.
Compound of 仕事 (work) and the suffix 漬け (immersed in, pickled in), from the verb 漬ける (to soak, to pickle).