職
しょく
employment, post, job
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Examples
彼は今、職を探しています。
かれはいま、しょくをさがしています。
He is looking for a job at the moment.
職探しはどうなったの。
しょくさがしはどうなったの。
How is your job hunting going?
不景気で職を失う人が増えています。
ふけいきでしょくをうしなうひとがふえています。
More and more people are losing their jobs in the downturn.
Common patterns
- 職を探す
- to look for work
- 職に就く
- to take up a post
- 職を失う
- to lose one's job
Memory tip
職 is the formal single-kanji word for a post or employment, at home in compounds like 就職, 職業, 無職. In conversation you would say 仕事.
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