Moto 職: Post; Employment; WorkKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- ショク、ソク
- Level
- JLPT N3Jōyō, grade 5
- Words
- 307 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (ショク・ソク)
- 職員しょくいんstaff member; personnel
- 就職しゅうしょくfinding employment; getting a job
- 汚職おしょくcorruption
- 現職げんしょくpresent post; current office
- 職場しょくばone's post; place of work
- 職業しょくぎょうoccupation; profession
- 無職むしょくwithout an occupation; unemployed
- 辞職じしょくresignation
- 退職たいしょくretirement; resignation
- 職しょくjob; work
- 管理職かんりしょくmanagement; managerial position
- 職務しょくむprofessional duties
- 総辞職そうじしょくmass resignation
- 公職こうしょくpublic office
- 職人しょくにんcraftsman; artisan
- 教職員きょうしょくいんteaching staff; faculty
- 住職じゅうしょくchief priest (of a Buddhist temple)
- 職種しょくしゅtype of occupation; occupational category
- 転職てんしょくchange of occupation; career change
- 役職やくしょくpost; official position
- 休職きゅうしょくtemporary retirement; suspension from office
- 在職ざいしょくbeing in office
- 免職めんしょくdismissal; sacking
- 求職きゅうしょくjob hunting; seeking employment
- 要職ようしょくimportant post; important office
- 職権しょっけんone's (official) authority; power
- 職能しょくのうoccupational ability
- 本職ほんしょくprincipal occupation; main job
- 聖職者せいしょくしゃclergyman; churchman
- 離職りしょくemployment separation; leaving one's job
- 停職ていしょくsuspension from office
- 公共職業安定所こうきょうしょくぎょうあんていじょPublic Employment Security Office; PESO
- 兼職けんしょくholding another position; serving concurrently as
- 内職ないしょくside job (outside of one's main employment); side gig
- 名誉職めいよしょくhonorary position
- 天職てんしょくvocation; lifework
- 失職しっしょくlosing one's job
- 官職かんしょくgovernment service; official position
- 定職ていしょくoccupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job
- 復職ふくしょくreinstatement; reappointment
- 教職きょうしょくthe teaching profession
- 有職ゆうしょくholding a job; being employed
- 殉職じゅんしょくdying at one's post; being killed in the line of duty
- 神職しんしょくShinto priest; Shinto priesthood
- 職制しょくせいoffice organization; office organisation
- 職務質問しょくむしつもんpolice questioning
- 職域しょくいきrange of one's work (occupation)
- 職安しょくあんPublic Employment Security Office
- 職業安定所しょくぎょうあんていじょPublic Employment Security Office
- 職業意識しょくぎょういしきprofessional sense
- 職業病しょくぎょうびょうoccupational disease
- 職歴しょくれきwork experience; work history
- 職責しょくせきone's duty; responsibilities pertaining to one's work
- 解職かいしょくdischarge; dismissal
- かざり職かざりしょくmaker of metallic ornaments
- とび職とびしょくconstruction worker (who works at heights); scaffolding builder
- とび職人とびしょくにんscaffold constructor; steeplejack
- ハガキ職人ハガキしょくにんregular respondent to a periodical or radio program
- 上級管理職じょうきゅうかんりしょくupper management
Other readings
- 一般職いっぱんしょくclerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work
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