職業|しょくぎょうshokugyou[2]nakadaka (mid-high)

1. nounoccupation; profession; job; vocation; career; trade; calling; business
   彼かれの職業しょくぎょうは弁護士べんごしです。↗

   He is a lawyer by profession.

• Synonym職しょくNeutralMostly in set phrases like 「職に就く」 and 「職を失う」; refers to a job or position, and is shorter than 「職業」.
• Synonym仕事しごとNeutralThe broadest and most common everyday word for work or tasks; 「職業」 is more formal and names a type of occupation.
• Synonym生業なりわいWrittenWritten/formal prose for the work one lives by, as in 「農業を生業とする」.
• Related稼業かぎょうNeutralA trade one lives by, as in 「稼業を継ぐ」; sometimes carries a self-deprecating tone, as in 「役者稼業」.
• Antonym無職むしょくNeutralMeans having no occupation; the opposite of 「職業」.

Use 「職業」 for a type of occupation; in everyday speech say 「仕事」. 「職」 covers a job or post, 「生業」 is formal for one's livelihood, and 「無職」 means having none.

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1. 生計せいけいを立たてるためにする仕事しごと。