craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
job; work; duties; trade; skill
one's post; place of work; workplace
finding employment; getting a job
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
change of occupation; career change
clergyman; churchman; clergy
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
job hunting; job searching
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; part job (carried out at home); home industry; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
type of occupation; occupational category
important post; important office; key position
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
government service; official position; civil service
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
the teaching profession; education of laity
temporary retirement; suspension from office
professional job; profession
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
occupational ability; function; role
in the course of one's duties
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
dismissal; sacking; discharge
occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
reinstatement; reappointment
sacred profession; holy orders; vocation; ministry
spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work
questioning (e.g. by police)
neglect (dereliction) of duty; negligence
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
office job; clerical work
last position; previous job; predecessor
letter of resignation; request for retirement
work experience; work history
job hunting; job searching
official duties; office; function
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
job title; name of one's position
clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work
job (work) training (for the unskilled)
being in the service of; serving at; holding office
craftsmanship; artisanship
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
notice of resignation; (one's) resignation; resignation notice
marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
position; opening; employment
return to work; going back to work
to hunt for a job; to seek employment
professional; careerman; worker
official title; name of one's job
employment position or rank
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
person who has died at his post (in the performance of his duties)
to resign from one's post
looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job
retirement at one's own request
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
military profession; military post
the same occupation; the said occupation
administrative staff; business clerk; clerical force; clerical officer; clerical personnel; clerical staff
job hunting; seeking employment
office organization; office organisation; management; managerial post
range of one's work; one's area of responsibility; range of one's duties; place of one's work
former job; former position
corrupt policeman; dirty cop
Public Employment Security Office
employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job
employment agency; placement agency; labour exchange; labor exchange
teacher-training curriculum
artisan's temperament; character of a complete artisan
jobless university graduate
(written) resignation; letter of resignation
job separation rate; job turnover
job description; job specification; job content
marriage between co-workers
Public Employment Security Office
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
to have a trade; to have a vocation
honorable post; honourable post
manual piecework done at home
land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system)
to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job
employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)
job-placement journal (magazine)
holding a job; being employed; (arch.) being learned; (arch.) being knowledgeable; (arch.) having great artistic talent; (arch.) being a skilled performer
lowly government servant; humble government servant; I; me
Public Office Election Law
employee of a non-governmental or non-profit organization
career change site; job change site
amicable resignation (retirement); resigning (retiring) from one's job of one's free will
this duty; this task; this job; I (as the person in charge of this task)
professional education; vocational training
applicant for a job; job seeker; job-hunter
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
regular respondent to a periodical or radio program
encouragement to retire early; retirement stimulus
job placement; employment assistance
job hunting; job searching
special position in the civil service (exempted from application of the Local Public Service Act)
expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purge
en masse resignation of the cabinet
maker of metallic ornaments
spirit of true craftsman; (craftsman's) pride in his work
not employed; holding a post but having no duties
voluntary resignation; retiring for personal reasons
invention by an employee; employee invention; service invention
resume showing career and job history; curriculum vitae
police execution of duties law
classified telephone directory
retirement benefit system; retirement system; retirement plan
having one's workplace at home; living and working at the same location (independent farmers, home workers, storekeepers, etc.)
intellectual occupation; intellectual profession; learned profession
early retirement program; early retirement programme
railway police officer (pre-1987)
having one's workplace near one's home
scaffold constructor; steeplejack
man dressed like an artisan; man of workmanlike appearance
retired employee; unemployed person
Board of Ceremonies (part of the Imperial Household Agency)
work-at-home scheme (scam in which the offer of a highly paid work-at-home job is used to lure victims into paying substantial upfront costs)
night work (in the entertainment business or sex industry)
career counseling (counselling)
situation-wanted advertisement
ordination; appointment to a post
letter of separation; unemployment slip; separation slip
resignation under instruction
busy job; exhausting work
salary supplement, usu. paid for mid-ranking employees
mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)
(white-collar) worker's union; faculty union
ship's personnel; ship's officers
dismissal at one's request
wages based on job evaluation
to urge someone to resign; to insist upon someone's resignation
daytime work (as opposed to work in the nighttime entertainment business or sex industry)
non-taxable land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system)
Public Employment Security Office; PESO
job that requires traveling to work sites (e.g. repairman, gardener)
accrued benefit; retirement benefits; post-employment benefits
correctional officer; corrections officer
occupational group; professional group; occupational cohort
salary based on work evaluation
temporary staff; loaned staff (e.g. from a parent or related organization)
management level; job level
eradication of corruption
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
salary supplement, usu. paid for higher ranking employees
individual retirement account; IRA
sick leave; sickness leave
notification for compulsory retirement
business development skills school
professional association; professional body; professional organization; professional society
business skill development school for handicapped people
hiring rate; accession rate
leaving at the convenience of the company
craft union; horizontal union
appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)
certificate of employment
labor unrest; labour unrest
vocational representation system
fixed-term official; fixed-term member; fixed-term employee
executive positions in the civil service
job description; job specification
long-standing member of the Diet
training institute for teaching staff
Educational Personnel Certification Law; Teacher's License Law
occupational hearing loss; occupational deafness
you; high-ranking government official
ex-officio questioning; police questioning (of a suspicious person); a police checkup
quitting one's job to care for one's family (e.g. one's elderly or sick parents)
one's views on occupations (careers, jobs, etc.)
Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince
appointment to an official post
retirement at the behest of one's employer
party position; party post
mainly; principally; chiefly; for the most part