就労|しゅうろうshuurou[0]heiban (flat)
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- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbworking; being employed; being hired
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.
- 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」.
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