Meaning

Primary

Job

Alternatives

Work, Occupation

Word Type

noun, verbal noun, の adjective

Explanation

You know means "occurrence," but it can also mean "thing." So when you're doing things all day, what are you probably doing? A job! All jobs really just amount to doing things.

Reading

しごと
  • Kyoko
    (Tokyo accent, female)
  • Kenichi
    (Tokyo accent, male)

Explanation

This word uses the on'yomi reading for and the kun'yomi reading for . Please note that uses the reading こと, which you didn't learn with the kanji, but you have come across it once or twice by now, and because of the way rendaku works, it's changed to the voiced ごと.

Context

Common Word Combinations

  • 仕事をする

    to do one's job

    仕事をやる

    to do one's job

    仕事を始める

    to begin work

Context Sentences

新しい仕事を始めてから、まだ三日です。

Since I started a new job, it has only been three days.

今日は六時まで仕事が終わらないから、それまで近くのカフェにいてね。

I won't be able to sign off work until six o'clock today, so stay in a nearby cafe until then.

赤ちゃんの仕事は泣くことです。

The baby's job is to cry.

Kanji Composition