就しゅう労ろう

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就労する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	就しゅう労ろうする	就しゅう労ろうしない
Polite	就しゅう労ろうします	就しゅう労ろうしません
Past polite	就しゅう労ろうしました	就しゅう労ろうしませんでした
Past	就しゅう労ろうした	就しゅう労ろうしなかった
Te-form	就しゅう労ろうして	就しゅう労ろうしないで
Desire	就しゅう労ろうしたい	就しゅう労ろうしたくない
Potential	就しゅう労ろうできる	就しゅう労ろうできない
Passive	就しゅう労ろうされる	就しゅう労ろうされない
Causative	就しゅう労ろうさせる	就しゅう労ろうさせない
Causative passive	就しゅう労ろうさせられる	就しゅう労ろうさせられない
Volitional	就しゅう労ろうしよう
Polite volitional	就しゅう労ろうしましょう
Imperative	就しゅう労ろうしろ	就しゅう労ろうするな
Conditional	就しゅう労ろうすれば	就しゅう労ろうしなければ
Tara conditional	就しゅう労ろうしたら	就しゅう労ろうしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

working; being employed; employment

Refers to being engaged in paid work or employment. More formal and administrative than everyday 働く, and common in terms such as 就労ビザ and 就労支援.

留りゅう学がく生せいが日本にほんで就しゅう労ろうするには許きょ可かが必ひつ要ようです。
International students need permission to work in Japan.
市しは若わか者ものの就しゅう労ろうを支し援えんしている。
The city supports young people in finding employment.

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Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉の就しゅう労ろうを許きょ可かするto permit someone to work
政せい府ふは難なん民みんの就しゅう労ろうを許きょ可かした。
The government permitted the refugees to work.
就しゅう労ろうが認みとめられるto be authorized/permitted to work
一いっ定ていの条じょう件けんを満みたせば就しゅう労ろうが認みとめられる。
If certain conditions are met, employment is authorized.
就しゅう労ろうの資し格かくqualification/right to work
この在ざい留りゅう資し格かくには就しゅう労ろうの資し格かくがない。
This residence status does not include the right to work.
就しゅう労ろうを続つづけるto continue working/being employed
定てい年ねん後ごも就しゅう労ろうを続つづける人ひとが増ふえている。
More people continue working even after retirement.

Kanji

就concerning, settle, take position
労labor, thank for, reward for

Related words

労ろう働どうN3
労働 refers to labor or work as an economic/social activity, while 就労 specifically means being employed or engaged in a job.
就しゅう職しょくN3
就職 means getting or starting a job, whereas 就労 refers to the ongoing state of being employed or working.
働はたらくN5
働く is the everyday verb for 'to work', while 就労 is a more formal, administrative noun often used in legal or bureaucratic contexts like visas.
就しゅう業ぎょうN1
就労 is nearly identical to 就業 but is especially common in legal/visa contexts like 就労ビザ, while 就業 is the broader administrative term for employment status.
勤きん労ろうN1
就労 specifically refers to being employed or engaged in work (often in legal/administrative contexts), while 勤労 stresses the act of diligent effort itself.

Opposites

失しつ業ぎょうN3
失業 means unemployment or losing one's job, the direct opposite of 就労, which means being employed.

Don't confuse with

就しゅう業ぎょうN1
就業 and 就労 sound and look similar, but 就業 emphasizes being at work or work hours (e.g. 就業時間), while 就労 focuses on the legal or social status of being employed.

Word family

不ふ法ほう就しゅう労ろう
illegal employment; unauthorized work
就しゅう労ろうビザ
work visa; working visa
就しゅう労ろう時じ間かん
working hours

Etymology

A Sino-Japanese compound: 就 is associated with taking up or engaging in something, and 労 with labor or work. The spelling directly reflects the meaning of engaging in work.