しょく
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. job; work; employment; occupation; position
2. duties
3. trade; skill
Kanji used
being employed
Pitch accent
しょ
Top 4600
Used in vocabulary (100 in total)
craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
one's post; place of work; workplace
post; official position; managerial position; executive position
change of occupation; career change
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)
resignation
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
Shinto priest; Shinto priesthood
to take up employment
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
one's duty; vocation
professional job; profession
to take up employment
one's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
occupational ability; function; role
leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure
dismissal; sacking; discharge
sacred profession; holy orders; vocation; ministry
honorary position
spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work
questioning (e.g. by police)
family trade; family business; steward (of an estate)
disciplinary dismissal (discharge)
office job; clerical work
last position; previous job; predecessor
responsible position
public office
work experience; work history
official duties; office; function
regular position; position with a prospect of promotion
clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work
being in office
to hunt for a job; to seek employment
official title; name of one's job
employment position or rank
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
to resign from one's post
military profession; military post
the same occupation; the said occupation
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
employment separation; leaving one's job; losing one's job
discharge; dismissal
subcontractor
prominent or high post
holding another position; serving concurrently as; concurrent position
to have a trade; to have a vocation
honorable post; honourable post
to leave one's post; to walk out on one's job
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
this duty; this task; this job; I (as the person in charge of this task)
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
construction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder; firefighter (Edo period)
special position in the civil service (exempted from application of the Local Public Service Act)
maker of metallic ornaments
not employed; holding a post but having no duties
workplace and residence
board of chamberlains
man dressed like an artisan; man of workmanlike appearance
Board of Ceremonies (part of the Imperial Household Agency)
night work (in the entertainment business or sex industry)
ordination; appointment to a post
to have a trade; to have a vocation
busy job; exhausting work
maker of metallic ornaments
daytime work (as opposed to work in the nighttime entertainment business or sex industry)
job that requires traveling to work sites (e.g. repairman, gardener)
official seal
management level; job level
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation
busy job; exhausting work
appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)
you; high-ranking government official
sedentary work
Imperial Household Agency employee assigned to the household of the Crown Prince
remaining in office
appointment to an official post
party position; party post
mainly; principally; chiefly; for the most part
Examples (36 in total)
Thousands of people lost their jobs.
Tom finally got a job.
He got a position as a clerk.