職しょく業ぎょう婦ふ人じん

noun

career woman; working woman

A somewhat dated term for a woman who pursues a professional career, often used in historical or mid-20th-century contexts. Modern Japanese more commonly uses キャリアウーマン or 働く女性.

• 戦せん前ぜん、職しょく業ぎょう婦ふ人じんという言こと葉ばは新あたらしい女じょ性せい像ぞうを表あらわしていた。

  Before the war, the term 'shokugyō fujin' represented a new image of women.

• 祖そ母ぼは当とう時じ珍めずらしかった職しょく業ぎょう婦ふ人じんとして銀ぎん行こうに勤つとめていた。

  My grandmother worked at a bank as a career woman, which was rare at the time.