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職業 (しょくぎょう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

職しょく業ぎょう

しょ

く

ぎょ

う

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

occupation; profession; job

General term for one's regular work or means of earning a living. Neutral and widely used in formal and everyday contexts.

職しょく業ぎょうは何なんですか。
What is your occupation?
彼かれは職しょく業ぎょうとして医い者しゃを

選えら

ん

だ

。

He chose medicine as his profession.

Kanji

職post, employment, work
業business, vocation, arts

Similar words

仕し事ごと
仕事 is a broader, more casual term for work, tasks, or one's job. 職業 is more formal and specifically refers to one's occupation or profession.
職しょく
職 is a shorter, slightly more formal or written-style synonym for occupation, often used in compounds like 職探し (job hunting).

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'.