| The Japanese word | |
職業 |
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| is pronounced | |
| shokugyou | しょくぎょう | |
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| occupation, business | |
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ご職業は何ですか。
go shokugyū wa nani desu ka. What do you do? | What's your job? | What do you do for a living? | What's your occupation? |
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彼女の職業は先生です。
kanojo no shokugyū wa sensei desu. Her occupation is teaching. |
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あなたの職業は何ですか。
anata no shokugyū wa nani desu ka. What line of work are you in? | What's your job? | What's your occupation? |
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どんな職業に就いていますか。
donna shokugyū ni tsui te i masu ka. What line of work are you in? | What's your job? | What's your occupation? |
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彼は自分で選んだ職業に従事している。
kare wa jibun de eran da shokugyū ni jūji shi te iru. He is engaged in an occupation of his own choice. |
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ときに君の喜びと君の真剣な職業とを交流せしめよ。
toki ni kimi no yorokobi to kimi no shinken na shokugyū to o kōryū seshimeyo. Mingle your joys sometimes with your earnest occupation. |
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国籍や性別または職業などで人を差別してはいけない。
kokuseki ya seibetsu matawa shokugyū nado de hito o sabetsu shi te wa ike nai. Don't discriminate against people based on nationality, gender, or occupation. |
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| Examples sourced from tatoeba.org |

