生業・家業|なりわいnariwai[0]heiban (flat)

1. nounoccupation; calling
2. nounlivelihood
   庶民しょみんのなりわいは、米べいをつくることだった。↗

   The ordinary people had their livelihood in farming rice.

• Synonym稼業かぎょうNeutralA trade one lives by; neutral in itself but often self-deprecating or tinged with an underworld flavor, as in 「やくざ稼業」. More colloquial than 「生業」.
• Synonym職業しょくぎょうNeutralThe standard, neutral word for an occupation; the most common choice in both formal documents and everyday speech, without the archaic flavor of 「生業」.

For a means of livelihood, 「生業」 is the literary choice, as in 「農業を生業とする」; use 「職業」 for an ordinary occupation; 「稼業」 suits a trade said with self-deprecation.

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1. 生活せいかつのための仕事しごと。