Keyword
devotion to work
Info
FrequencyTop 1300-1400
Type
Kyōiku (6th grade) 
?
Shinjitai ?
KankenLevel 5
Heisig1700
Old form
Readings
きん
(58%)
つと
(35%)
いそ
(5%)
Composed of
blades of grass
mouth
king with a hat
power
Used in kanji (1 in total)
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Used in vocabulary (145 in total)
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
service; duty; work
going to work; leaving for work; attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); reporting for work
service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
diligent; industrious
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
commuting to work
job transfer; job relocation; intra-company transfer
night shift
place of work
office hours; business hours; working hours
on duty; at work; while working
to be fit (for a role); to be qualified (for); to be equal (to a task); to be able to fulfill one's duties (as)
labor; labour; exertion; diligent service
place of employment
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
absence from work without permission
loyalty to the emperor
working for a company; being employed by a company
to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time
continuous service
absence (from work)
prize for perfect attendance
loyalty; loyal (faithful) service
(being) off night duty; end of a night shift
full-time employment
time for reporting to work; time one leaves home to go to work; working hours; number of hours worked
commuter rush; rush hour
leaving work; clocking out
part-time lecturer; contract teacher
office or indoor work
arriving at work late as if one were an executive; (lit.) management attendance at work
taking turns on duty (esp. daimyo's retainers on duty in Edo)
to act (as); to hold an office; to play the part (of)
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
religious service
employee's work day
duty station; place of business; work location
to be assiduous in one's business
diligence; good attendance
doctor working in a hospital; physician working in public practice
position; place of employment
commuter; season-ticket passenger
working at home; telecommuting
working consecutive days (without a holiday)
(a bar hostess) coming to work accompanied by a customer
person who moves a lot for their job; family who moves a lot for the primary breadwinner's job
diligence and indolence; attendance and absence (at work)
Labour Thanksgiving Day (national holiday; November 23) (Labor)
diligent worker; hard worker
working away from the office
perfect attendance
loyalist to the emperor; imperial loyalist
loyalty to the emperor
labor service; labour service
workers; employees; people on duty
without missing (a day of) work
working as a lady's maid
going to serve one's lord; daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
on the way home from work
industry; diligence; frugality
going to and leaving work; clocking in and clocking out
mobilization of labor services (e.g. in wartime)
(while) working in or at or for
salaried class; working class
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (in)
(work) performance evaluation; performance review; efficiency rating
worker; employee
one's business; reading of scriptures before a (statue of) Buddha; bargain; discount; (arch.) money paid to a prostitute or geisha
overtime (work); work done outside normal working hours
report of an absence (at work)
employee's attendance record
(one's) work performance; performance record; service record
assiduousness; attending diligently to one's study or duties
man of long service
loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
one's business; one's duties
workplace; place of work
commuter express; commuter limited express; rapid-service commuter train
overtime (work)
commuters' hell; commuting hell
prize for diligence or good attendance
diligence and indolence; attendance and absence (at work)
assiduity; conduct
daytime work; day shift
additional post
to work diligently
article offered at a bargain price (mainly of imperfect produce)
reappointment
commutation ticket; season ticket
commuter express; commuter limited express; rapid-service commuter train
the prime of one's career
report of an absence (at work)
work hard and practice frugality
overtime work
mercenary spirit
travel allowance; commuting allowance
studying while working
loyalist to the emperor; imperial loyalist
facilities for commutation
daimyo's alternating Edo residence; official attendance service (by a daimyo in the Edo period)
loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
faithful service
article offered at a bargain price (mainly of imperfect produce)
inquiring the Buddha way
unfit for; unequal to
to carry on (work)
toil and hardship
custom (habit) of diligence and thrift
commuter express; commuter limited express; rapid-service commuter train
Examples (159 in total)
He began to work for that company last year.
My sister works in a bank as a secretary.
He works in the university.