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職業 (shokugyou) Japanese meaning: occupation | Kotomora
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He chose medicine as his profession.
Usage patterns 〈 職しょく 業ぎょう 〉 に 就つ く to take up an occupation; to enter a profession
He entered the profession of medicine.
職しょく 業ぎょう を 選えら ぶ to choose an occupation
I'm undecided about what occupation to choose in the future.
職しょく 業ぎょう は 〜 です used to state one's occupation
My occupation is teacher.
職しょく 業ぎょう を 持も つ to have an occupation; to hold a job
She has an unusual occupation.
Kanji 業 business, vocation, arts Related words· 10 仕事 is a broad, everyday word for work or tasks, while 職業 is the more formal term specifically for one's profession or line of work.
職 is a shorter, more formal or written-style word for occupation, often appearing in compounds, whereas 職業 is the full standard term used on its own.
職種 refers to a specific category or type of job (e.g. sales, engineering), while 職業 is the broader concept of one's occupation as a whole.
生業 is a more literary or old-fashioned word emphasizing one's occupation as a means of livelihood, while 職業 is the neutral, everyday term.
Show 6 more 職業 is a neutral, general word for one's occupation, while 家業 specifically implies a trade or business handed down within a family.
職業 is the formal, neutral word for one's occupation, while 商売 keeps a commercial or trade nuance even when used colloquially for 'job'.
職業 is a neutral, official term for occupation used on forms and in formal contexts, whereas 稼業 emphasizes the trade or calling by which one earns a living.
Don't confuse with 就職 is the act of getting employed or finding a job, while 職業 refers to the type of occupation itself, not the act of obtaining it.
職業 means one's occupation or profession as a category (e.g. teacher, doctor), while 職務 refers to the specific duties one performs within that job.
職業 means one's occupation or line of work in general, whereas 公職 refers specifically to an official public office carrying legal or ethical duties.
Word family· 31 occupational disease
professional; career person; worker
occupation title; job title
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
Etymology Compound of 職 (shoku, 'employment, work') and 業 (gyō, 'work, profession'). The combination has been used since at least the Meiji period to mean 'occupation' or 'profession'.
職業 is a formal, standalone term for one's occupation, whereas 業 is typically used as a suffix in compounds to denote a specific industry or business sector.
職業 simply names a person's current job or profession, while キャリア emphasizes the long-term trajectory and development of one's working life.
職業 is the formal word for one's profession or occupation, while ジョブ is a casual loanword for a job or task.
役やく
職しょく
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職業 means one's general occupation or line of work, while 役職 refers to a specific title or managerial post held within an organization.
professional; occupational
Show 6 more view of occupations; outlook on careers; work values
intellectual occupation; learned profession
occupational cancer
professional ethics
trade association; professional organization
career woman; working woman
