就労|しゅうろうshuurou[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbworking; being employed; being hired
    A strike is a mass refusal to work by a body of employees.
Conjugation
Dictionary form就労する(しゅうろうする)
Polite (masu)就労します(しゅうろうします)
Negative (nai)就労しない(しゅうろうしない)
polite (masen)就労しません(しゅうろうしません)
classical zu / nu就労せず・就労せぬ(しゅうろうせず・しゅうろうせぬ)
Past (ta)就労した(しゅうろうした)
polite (mashita)就労しました(しゅうろうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)就労しなかった(しゅうろうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)就労しませんでした(しゅうろうしませんでした)
Te form就労して(しゅうろうして)
Potential就労できる(しゅうろうできる)
Passive就労される(しゅうろうされる)
Causative就労させる(しゅうろうさせる)
Causative passive就労させられる(しゅうろうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)就労すれば(しゅうろうすれば)
tara就労したら(しゅうろうしたら)
Volitional就労しよう(しゅうろうしよう)
polite (mashou)就労しましょう(しゅうろうしましょう)
Imperative就労しろ(しゅうろうしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym就業しゅうぎょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: engaging in duties or being in employment, as in 「就業規則」. 「就労」 broadly means engaging in labor or work.
  • Synonym勤務きんむWrittenWritten/formal prose: working at a company or government office. 「就労」 leans toward legal and policy senses of employment.
  • Synonym勤めるつとめるNeutralNeutral verb: to serve at an organization, as in 「会社に勤める」. 「就労」 is a noun with a policy flavor.
  • Synonym働くはたらくCasualColloquial verb, the everyday default for working or laboring. 「就労」 is written policy language.
  • Synonym労働ろうどうWrittenWritten/formal prose: labor itself, as in 「労働時間」. 「就労」 stresses entering the state of working.
  • Related雇用こようWrittenWritten/formal prose: the employer hiring workers, as in 「雇用契約」. 「就労」 is from the worker's side, engaging in work.
  • Related在職ざいしょくWrittenWritten/formal prose: being in a post, currently holding a job. 「就労」 stresses actually performing labor.
  • Related勤労きんろうWrittenWritten/formal prose: diligent labor for wages, as in 「勤労感謝の日」. 「就労」 stresses the state of being engaged in work.
  • Antonym失業しつぎょうWrittenWritten/formal prose: losing one's job — the opposite of 「就労」.
  • Antonym休職きゅうしょくWrittenWritten/formal prose: suspending work while keeping one's position — the opposite of 「就労」.
  • Antonym離職りしょくWrittenWritten/formal prose: leaving one's job — the opposite of 「就労」.

Use 「就労」 for employment in policy or legal contexts, as in 「就労ビザ」. For everyday talk about working use 「働く」 or 「勤める」, for being on duty at a company or office use 「勤務」, and for the employer's hiring 「雇用」. The opposites are 「失業」 and 「離職」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

Japanese definitions
  1. 仕事しごとに取り掛とりかかること。
  2. 労働ろうどうに従事じゅうじすること。
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