家か職しょく

noun

family trade; family business

Refers to an occupation or business passed down through generations within a family.

• 彼かれは家か職しょくを継ついで、三さん代だい目めの大だい工くになった。

  He took over the family trade and became the third-generation carpenter.

noun

steward (of an estate)

Historical role; a person who manages the affairs of a noble or wealthy household. Rare in modern usage.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、家か職しょくは藩はんの財ざい政せいを管かん理りする重じゅう要ような役やく職しょくだった。

  In the Edo period, the steward was an important position that managed the domain's finances.