免職|めんしょくmenshoku[0]heiban (flat)
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Definitions
- noun, suru verb, transitive verbdismissal; sacking; discharge
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 免職する（めんしょくする） |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 免職します（めんしょくします） |
| Negative (nai) | 免職しない（めんしょくしない） |
| polite (masen) | 免職しません（めんしょくしません） |
| classical zu / nu | 免職せず・免職せぬ（めんしょくせず・めんしょくせぬ） |
| Past (ta) | 免職した（めんしょくした） |
| polite (mashita) | 免職しました（めんしょくしました） |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 免職しなかった（めんしょくしなかった） |
| polite (masen deshita) | 免職しませんでした（めんしょくしませんでした） |
| Te form | 免職して（めんしょくして） |
| Potential | 免職できる（めんしょくできる） |
| Passive | 免職される（めんしょくされる） |
| Causative | 免職させる（めんしょくさせる） |
| Causative passive | 免職させられる（めんしょくさせられる） |
| Conditional (ba) | 免職すれば（めんしょくすれば） |
| tara | 免職したら（めんしょくしたら） |
| Volitional | 免職しよう（めんしょくしよう） |
| polite (mashou) | 免職しましょう（めんしょくしましょう） |
| Imperative | 免職しろ（めんしょくしろ） |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
Synonyms & antonyms
- Synonym罷免ひめんWrittenWritten/formal: removing someone from their post; applies to public officials and company heads alike, whereas 「免職」 mostly refers to dismissing civil servants.
- Synonym解任かいにんWrittenWritten/formal: removing someone from a post; stresses the person leaving the role and is not necessarily a punishment.
- Synonym解雇かいこNeutralNeutral: an employer terminating employment; the common word in the private sector, while 「免職」 is mostly used for civil servants.
- Synonym解職かいしょくWrittenWritten/formal: removal from a post; close in meaning to 「解任」.
- RelatedくびCasualColloquial: being fired or sacked, as in 「首になる」.
- Relatedお役御免おやくごめんNeutralColloquial: being relieved of a duty or post; also used figuratively for things that are no longer of use and get discarded.
- Related馘首かくしゅWrittenWritten and old-fashioned term for dismissal; its original meaning is beheading.
- Relatedお払い箱おはらいばこCasualColloquial: being thrown out like a useless object; figuratively, being fired.
- RelatedくびにするCasualColloquial set phrase meaning to fire someone.
- Related辞めさせるやめさせるNeutralColloquial verb for making someone quit, i.e. firing them.
- Related免官めんかんWrittenRemoval from a government post; historical wording found in official documents.
- Related免黜めんちゅつWrittenRare written term for removing someone from office; found mainly in historical texts.
- Antonym任用にんようWrittenAntonym: appointing someone to a post; mostly used for civil servants, the opposite of 「免職」.
- Antonym採用さいようNeutralAntonym: hiring or taking someone on; the opposite of 「免職」.
「免職」 is the word for removing a civil servant from their post, as in 「懲戒免職」. When a company dismisses an employee, say 「解雇」, or colloquially 「首」; to oust an official from office, use 「罷免」. The opposites are 「任用」 and 「採用」.
Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only
Japanese definitions
- 職を辞めさせること。
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