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履歴書 (りれきしょ, rirekisho) Japanese meaning: résumé | Kotomora

履り歴れき書しょ

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Common word›JLPTN3›

Meanings

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résumé; curriculum vitae; personal history document

A standard document summarizing one's personal details, education, and work history, used for job applications in Japan.

就しゅう職しょく活かつ動どうのために履り歴れき書しょを書かいた。

I wrote a résumé for my job search.

履り歴れき書しょに学がく歴れきと職しょく歴れきを記き入にゅうしてください。

Please fill in your educational background and work history on the résumé.

Usage patterns

履り歴れき書しょを書かくto write a résumé
就しゅう職しょく活かつ動どうのために履り歴れき書しょを書かいた。
I wrote a résumé for my job search.
履り歴れき書しょを提てい出しゅつするto submit a résumé
面めん接せつの前まえに履り歴れき書しょを提てい出しゅつしてください。
Please submit your résumé before the interview.
履り歴れき書しょに写しゃ真しんを貼はるto attach a photo to a résumé
履り歴れき書しょに証しょう明めい写しゃ真しんを貼はった。
I attached an ID photo to my résumé.
履り歴れき書しょを送おくるto send a résumé
郵ゆう送そうで履り歴れき書しょを会かい社しゃに送おくった。
I sent my résumé to the company by mail.

Kanji

履perform, complete, footgear
歴curriculum, continuation, passage of time
書write

Related words

職しょく務む経けい歴れき書しょ
履歴書 summarizes personal details and basic education/work history, while 職務経歴書 gives detailed descriptions of specific job duties and achievements, often submitted alongside it.

Don't confuse with

略りゃく歴れき
履歴書 is a full, formal résumé document, whereas 略歴 is just a short summary of one's background, often included within or alongside a 履歴書.
職しょく歴れきN1
履歴書 is the physical resume document, whereas 職歴 is the work-history content that gets written inside it.

Counted with

通つうN1
Used when counting 履歴書 (résumés) as formal documents.

Built from

履り歴れき+書しょ

Etymology

Compound of 履歴 (personal history) and 書 (document). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the term has been used in modern Japanese to refer to a standard résumé form.