就業|しゅうぎょうshuugyou[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, intransitive verbemployment; starting work
Conjugation
Dictionary form就業する(しゅうぎょうする)
Polite (masu)就業します(しゅうぎょうします)
Negative (nai)就業しない(しゅうぎょうしない)
polite (masen)就業しません(しゅうぎょうしません)
classical zu / nu就業せず・就業せぬ(しゅうぎょうせず・しゅうぎょうせぬ)
Past (ta)就業した(しゅうぎょうした)
polite (mashita)就業しました(しゅうぎょうしました)
Past negative (nakatta)就業しなかった(しゅうぎょうしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)就業しませんでした(しゅうぎょうしませんでした)
Te form就業して(しゅうぎょうして)
Potential就業できる(しゅうぎょうできる)
Passive就業される(しゅうぎょうされる)
Causative就業させる(しゅうぎょうさせる)
Causative passive就業させられる(しゅうぎょうさせられる)
Conditional (ba)就業すれば(しゅうぎょうすれば)
tara就業したら(しゅうぎょうしたら)
Volitional就業しよう(しゅうぎょうしよう)
polite (mashou)就業しましょう(しゅうぎょうしましょう)
Imperative就業しろ(しゅうぎょうしろ)

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

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym就労しゅうろうWrittenWritten term for working or being employed, with a legal and administrative flavor, as in 「就労ビザ」. 「就業」 can likewise refer to starting work.
  • Related雇用こようNeutralNeutral word for hiring workers, viewed from the employer's side; 「就業」 describes work from the worker's perspective.
  • Related在職ざいしょくWrittenWritten word for being in a post, as in 「在職中」; it stresses the state of holding a position rather than the act of working.
  • Antonym失業しつぎょうNeutralLosing one's job or being without one; the neutral antonym of 「就業」.
  • Antonym退業WrittenWritten antonym of 「就業」, meaning ceasing business or leaving a trade; used relatively rarely.

Use 「就業」 for engaging in work or starting work, as in 「就業時間」 and 「就業規則」. 「就労」 is the written legal/administrative term for working; 「雇用」 is hiring from the employer's side; 「在職」 means holding a post. Antonyms: 「退業」 (rare) and 「失業」.

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

Japanese definitions
  1. 業務ぎょうむに従事じゅうじすること。
  2. 職業しょくぎょうを持もっていること。
Kanji in this word
English equivalents

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