仕事

shigoto

noun★Beginner💡 work

general

Work, job, or employment; tasks or duties performed for a living or as part of one's responsibilities.

仕事が忙しいです。

I'm busy with work.

彼は仕事で海外に行きます。

He goes abroad for work.

💡

Can refer to both paid employment and unpaid responsibilities.

Collocations

to be good at one's job

at work

Use '仕事' in formal contexts; 'バイト' (baito) is informal for part-time work.

'仕事' is neutral; use '職業' (shokugyō) for 'occupation' or '仕事' for 'work'.

From 仕 (shi, 'doing') + 事 (koto, 'thing/matter'), literally 'things to be done'.

Often used interchangeably with '働き' (hataraki) but '仕事' is more formal and common in professional contexts.

仕

doing

root

事

thing/matter

root

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