daytime job; day job
Used in contexts where a distinction is made between regular daytime employment and nighttime work in the entertainment or sex industry (夜職). Often appears in discussions about leaving the nightlife industry for a conventional career.
See also: 夜職
She quit her night job and got a daytime job.
Balancing a day job and night work is physically tough.
Compound of 昼 (daytime) and 職 (job, employment). The term emerged in contrast to 夜職, which refers to nighttime entertainment or sex industry work.