Keyword
being employed
Info
FrequencyTop 600-700
Type
Kyōiku (5th grade) 
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KankenLevel 6
Heisig887
Readings
そく
(8%)
Composed of
ear
potter's clay
Used in vocabulary (309 in total)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
job; work; duties; trade; skill
one's post; place of work; workplace
finding employment; getting a job
professional duties
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
principal occupation; main job; professional; an expert; I (of a government official, etc.); me
change of occupation; career change
clergyman; churchman; clergy
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
retirement; resignation
vocation; lifework; sacred task (esp. the emperor's rule over the nation); prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)
chief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
resignation
type of occupation; occupational category
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
important post; important office; key position
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
teaching staff; faculty
due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work
to take up employment
present post; current office; (an) incumbent
dying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
the teaching profession; education of laity
government service; official position; civil service
temporary retirement; suspension from office
to take up employment
professional job; profession
one's duty; vocation
in the course of one's duties
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
factory worker; craftsman; artisan
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
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
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
reinstatement; reappointment
one's (official) authority; power
spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work
neglect (dereliction) of duty; negligence
dismissal; sacking; discharge
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
questioning (e.g. by police)
honorary position
occupational ability; function; role
last position; previous job; predecessor
office job; clerical work
responsible position
letter of resignation; request for retirement
sacred profession; holy orders; vocation; ministry
craftsmanship; artisanal
work experience; work history
job hunting; job searching
public office
losing one's job
job title; name of one's position
official duties; office; function
craftsmanship; artisanship
being in office
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
suspension from office
job (work) training (for the unskilled)
return to work; going back to work
being in the service of; serving at; holding office
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
marrying to become a housewife; (lit.) permanent employment (once one becomes a housewife)
notice of resignation; (one's) resignation; resignation notice
position; opening; employment
to hunt for a job; to seek employment
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
professional; careerman; worker
clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
retirement at one's own request
to resign from one's post
person who has died at his post (in the performance of his duties)
former job; former position
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
employment position or rank
suitable occupation
range of one's work; one's area of responsibility; range of one's duties; place of one's work
official title; name of one's job
administrative staff; business clerk; clerical force; clerical officer; clerical personnel; clerical staff
job hunting; seeking employment
looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job
employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job
the same occupation; the said occupation
office organization; office organisation; management; managerial post
(written) resignation; letter of resignation
discharge; dismissal
retired person; retiree
Public Employment Security Office
artisan's temperament; character of a complete artisan
teacher-training curriculum
jobless university graduate
job description; job specification; job content
job separation rate; job turnover
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
employment agency; placement agency; labour exchange; labor exchange
marriage between co-workers
corrupt policeman; dirty cop
to have a trade; to have a vocation
subcontractor
honorable post; honourable post
manual piecework done at home
prominent or high post
to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job
military profession; military post
Public Employment Security Office
employment en masse (esp. of middle and high school graduates from the rural districts during Japan's post-war economic boom)
suspicion of corruption
studies in usages and practices of the ancient court and military households
employees' union
holding a job; being employed; (arch.) being learned; (arch.) being knowledgeable; (arch.) having great artistic talent; (arch.) being a skilled performer
letter of resignation; request for retirement
amicable resignation (retirement); resigning (retiring) from one's job of one's free will
employee of a non-governmental or non-profit organization
career change site; job change site
this duty; this task; this job; I (as the person in charge of this task)
(written) resignation; letter of resignation
applicant for a job; job seeker; job-hunter
lowly government servant; humble government servant; I; me
professional education; vocational training
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
corruption; bribery
en masse resignation of the cabinet
regular respondent to a periodical or radio program
job placement; employment assistance
expulsion of a public official and subsequent ban on participating in politics (by the SCAP during the allied occupation); purge
special position in the civil service (exempted from application of the Local Public Service Act)
spirit of true craftsman; (craftsman's) pride in his work
land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system)
encouragement to retire early; retirement stimulus
maker of metallic ornaments
not employed; holding a post but having no duties
workplace and residence
voluntary resignation; retiring for personal reasons
agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system)
unemployed person
taking over a duty
(compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age
invention by an employee; employee invention; service invention
resume showing career and job history; curriculum vitae
maker of metallic ornaments
neglect of official duty
retirement benefit system; retirement system; retirement plan
board of chamberlains
early retirement program; early retirement programme
having one's workplace at home; living and working at the same location (independent farmers, home workers, storekeepers, etc.)
having one's workplace near one's home
retired employee; unemployed person
mass retirement (esp. that of the Japanese baby boomers)
job performed in one's home (e.g. tailor, seal engraver); domestic occupation
intellectual occupation; intellectual profession; learned profession
discrimination; discernment; identification
Board of Ceremonies (part of the Imperial Household Agency)
career counseling (counselling)
scaffold constructor; steeplejack
night work (in the entertainment business or sex industry)
letter of separation; unemployment slip; separation slip
man dressed like an artisan; man of workmanlike appearance
situation-wanted advertisement
ordination; appointment to a post
form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)
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)
resignation under instruction
salary supplement, usu. paid for mid-ranking employees
to have a trade; to have a vocation
busy job; exhausting work
scaffold constructor; steeplejack
ship's personnel; ship's officers
maker of metallic ornaments
wages based on job evaluation
(white-collar) worker's union; faculty union
workplace bullying
dismissal at one's request
quitting one's job to care for one's family (e.g. one's elderly or sick parents)
to urge someone to resign; to insist upon someone's resignation
temporary staff; loaned staff (e.g. from a parent or related organization)
eradication of corruption
job that requires traveling to work sites (e.g. repairman, gardener)
correctional officer; corrections officer
daytime work (as opposed to work in the nighttime entertainment business or sex industry)
job placement; employment assistance
non-taxable land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryo system)
management level; job level
official seal
maker of metallic ornaments
yūsoku cuisine; banquet cuisine based on that of Heian period nobility
salary based on work evaluation
occupational group; professional group; occupational cohort
accrued benefit; retirement benefits; post-employment benefits
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
maker of metallic ornaments
busy job; exhausting work
Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince
appointment to an official post
authority of the chair; power of the office of Speaker; power of the office of the President (of the House of Councillors)
labor unrest; labour unrest
sedentary work
sedentary work
individual retirement account; IRA
executive positions in the civil service
ex-officio questioning; police questioning (of a suspicious person); a police checkup
you; high-ranking government official
salary supplement, usu. paid for higher ranking employees
Specialist in Humanities (Japanese visa category)
party position; party post
girl-in-training (e.g. a geisha-in-training or a girl who performs miscellaneous tasks in a brothel); brat; scamp; disciple; apprentice
hiring rate; accession rate
mace; (ceremonial) staff
Educational Personnel Certification Law; Teacher's License Law
appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)
mainly; principally; chiefly; for the most part
leaving at the convenience of the company
retirement at the behest of one's employer
occupational hearing loss; occupational deafness
fixed-term official; fixed-term member; fixed-term employee
job description; job specification
remaining in office
professional association; professional body; professional organization; professional society
one's views on occupations (careers, jobs, etc.)
Examples (200 in total)
When I grow up I'd like to be a confectioner.
What's your occupation?
This profession requires experience.