働き口|はたらきぐちhatarakiguchi[4]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounposition; job; employment; opening
   コンピューター産業さんぎょうではいろいろな働き口はたらきぐちがある。↗

   There are many jobs available in the computer industry.

• Synonym仕事しごとNeutralThe most common everyday word for work, with the broadest range; more general than 「働き口」, which is specifically a job opening to earn money.
• Related労働ろうどうWrittenWritten/formal prose for labor: the act of working and expending effort, not a job position, so it cannot replace 「働き口」 for an opening.
• Related雇用こようFormalFormal term for the act or relationship of employing people, as in 「雇用を増やす」 or 「雇用契約」; 「働き口」 means each concrete job opening.
• RelatedアルバイトNeutralNeutral, everyday word for a part-time job, as in 「アルバイトを探す」; 「働き口」 covers any paying work, whether full- or part-time.
• Antonym失業しつぎょうWrittenWritten/formal prose for unemployment, losing one's job; it stands opposite 「働き口」, a job position that earns a living.
• Antonym無職むしょくNeutralNeutral word for having no occupation; it stands opposite 「働き口」, a paying job one can find and take.

「働き口」 is a job opening that pays, as in 「働き口を探す」. For work in general use 「仕事」; for part-time jobs 「アルバイト」; for employment relations 「雇用」; for labor as an activity 「労働」. 「失業」 and 「無職」 mean the opposite: no job.

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1. 給料きゅうりょうをもらうために就つく仕事しごとや職業しょくぎょうのこと。